For the last thirty years she has led a quiet life of being happily married and raising two daughters. To get away from her demanding, emotionally abusive grandmother, she stopped playing classical music and cashed in on writing jingles for commercials. Prudence Childs was a child prodigy on the piano, playing for presidents and on talk shows. “How many people, Prudence thought, lose sight of a dream because of one careless comment from a stranger? When someone tells us we can’t do something “How many people, Prudence thought, lose sight of a dream because of one careless comment from a stranger? When someone tells us we can’t do something, why do we accept it?” NetGalley provided an advance reader copy of this novel, which RELEASES JUNE 13, 2023. I’m also not entirely sure how I feel about the twist in the end.

Otherwise reading about the rich and privileged is interesting enough, although except for Blair, Teddy’s wife who Alexis befriends, they are all pretty awful. I liked Alexis, but I didn’t love this story, mostly because it’s not fun reading about her husband constantly calling her “old lady” (she’s in her thirties) and bitching that she took a lower paying job so she could be with the kids more. If it was the work of a transient who was off their meds, then that makes the expensive new home a danger to their family.

But what if it’s one of the neighbors? The more Alexis learns about her wealthy neighbors, the more suspicious she becomes. He’s well-liked, but maybe his work for the government is responsible. What’s even more troubling is that shortly after they move in, their neighbor Teddy’s dead body is found-his head was bashed with a rock before being pushed to his death. Though it needs a lot of work, it’s still out of their price range, and they start bickering immediately at the cost of all of the many things they didn’t foresee needing repair.

They find a run-down house in a wealthy neighborhood. They find a run-down house in a wealthy neighborh Alexis is pregnant with her second child, and she and her husband Sam are looking for a larger home. Alexis is pregnant with her second child, and she and her husband Sam are looking for a larger home.

Getting Married by Theresa Alan