Camille Hart has the perfect life. She is married to Edward, and together they have two wonderful children, Kyra and Zach. She has a successful career as a professional matchmaker and has also survived a bout with cancer. While she is making her way to hear the results of her latest PET scan, Edward is secretly meeting with a travel agent inquiring about a romantic vacation for their twentieth anniversary.
Unfortunately, her perfect life comes to a standstill when she hears the news that the cancer has not only returned, but spread. As she and Edward debate whether to pursue treatment despite the extremely low odds of survival, Camille comes to a decision. Spurred by the memory of growing up without a mother, she determines that she is going to use all of her professional skills and resources to find a new wife and mother for her family before she is gone.
The Replacement Wife is a fascinating novel, not just for the premise, but for the deft way the author weaves in both Edward and Camille’s past together and in their families growing up, allowing us to see how our previous experiences – and tragedies – affect our decisions in the present. As the search for the new wife continues, these decisions take on a life of their own rather than following the neat plan Camille had in her head, and those twists and turns make this book more and more enjoyable as the story unfolds.
Eileen Goudge is a longtime favorite in women’s fiction, and this is her first e-riginal, as she call this book, which is being released primarily in electronic format (there is a large print version and an audio version available).
We have one e-book of The Replacement Wife to share with one of our readers. Just leave a comment below to be entered to win. We’ll announce the winner in our giveaway column on April 11th. This giveaway is now closed.
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Trish thanks Open Road for the review copy of this book. She blogs at In So Many Words.
this sounds really good, would love to read
Wow, this sounds fascinating! Thanks for the give away!
Sounds like an interesting read.
This sounds interesting, but also kind of heartbreaking in a real life situation. I would like to read this book.
Sounds like a very interesting book.
Sounds absolutely heartbreaking but I feel compelled to read it.
I’ve always thought that would be a good ‘gift’ to give to a husband and family–a replacement and/or especially the ‘freedom’ to pursue that possibility. However, if I were in that situation, would i be able to do that?
A good premise to explore.
Sounds like a really interesting premise, would love to check it out!
AN intriguing book that sounds captivating.
This interesting novel would be greatly enjoyed. Thanks.
This is on my Want To Read list.
Second time I’ve seen this book on a blog. Got me interested!
Margaret
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Such a turn in this book! Would like to win it!
Like the book.
Please enter me. Thanks!
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A way to control the uncontrollable.
Sounds interesting, finding a new spouse for your spouse while dying from cancer.
Dianne,
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Thank you!
Trish
Sounds good! I love that the prize is an e-book!
Wow, I really want to read this story! Sounds great.
Sounds really good, thanks for the giveaway!
Great premise for a book, though I bet it’s hard to pull off. I’d love to read it.
Would love to read it!
A very intriguing premise. One that I would not want to be apart of, but cannot help having a desire to read about it. Almost like watching a train wreck, maybe.? .
Another good one!
I would love to read this book.
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Please enter me for this one.
This one sounds good also.
This book sounds good.
my wife would like this book
Sounds interesting to read.
Can’t wait to read this book! My library doesn’t have a hard copy or an e-copy. I was very disappointed. I am desperately seeking for a copy of this book =}