The Mourning Hours by Paula Treick DeBoard

|a Includes discussion questions and a conversation with the author. |a Don Mills, Ontario, Canada: |b Harlequin MIRA |c 2013 Using flashbacks and flashfowards, DeBoard builds a tension that makes it impossible to put this book down.|a The mourning hours / |c Paula Treick DeBoard.

It's about how nothing is ever what it seems, and questions how well you can ever truly know someone. So she encourages shy, bookish Danielle to attend a pool party for the neighborhood teens.And there Danielle meets Kelsey, and everything begins to spiral out of control.The Drowning Girls is a tale of obsession, manipulation, secrets, and lies. After all, they don't own their home-it was part of the job package Phil received-and they certainly aren't wealthy. The women are gorgeous, the men are rich, and the homes are beautiful.But Liz never feels like they quite fit in. When Liz and her daughter, Danielle, move to The Palms with her husband Phil (who has been hired as the head of community relations), everything seems perfect. This did not affect my opinion of the book or my review itself.In this book full of masterfully-spun psychological suspense, DeBoard brings to light what hides under the surface of paradise. I received an ARC of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Now even her own family seems to be hiding things, and it's not long before their dream of living the high life quickly spirals out of control.… So when the gorgeous girl next door befriends Danielle, Liz can't help but find sophisticated Kelsey's interest in her shy and slightly nerdy daughter a bit suspicious.īut while Kelsey quickly becomes a fixture in the McGinnis home, Liz's relationships with both Danielle and Phil grow strained.

In a place where reputation is everything, Liz soon discovers that even the friendliest residents can't be trusted-and almost everyone has secrets they'd do anything to protect. Yet underneath the glossy veneer of The Palms, life is far from idyllic.

Still, she's determined to make it work-if not for herself, then for her husband, Phil, who landed them this lavish home in the first place, and for her daughter, Danielle, who's about to enter high school. Ever since she and her family moved in, she's felt like an outsider amongst the Stepford-like wives and their obnoxiously spoiled children. Liz McGinnis never imagined herself living in a luxurious gated community like The Palms.

The Mourning Hours by Paula Treick DeBoard