" Sublimely creepy with a true Hoover pulse. I've been waiting on a thriller like this for years. " Tarryn Fisher, New York Times bestselling author
Une plume qui n'est plus à présenter et dont je suis une grande fan. Alors quand j'ai su que son nouveau bébé allait bientôt sortir, je n'ai pas hésité un seul instant. Mais quelle ne fut pas ma surprise en découvrant que ce livre est très différent de ce à quoi je m'attendais...
Oh oui ! F ans de Colleen Hoover, il me faut vous prévenir. " Verity " est très différent de ses autres romans. Sa plume est toujours autant exceptionnelle. Ce qui change c'est que l'auteur sort de sa zone de confort. Et je dois bien le reconnaître que c'est stupéfiant ! Ce livre m'a perturbée à bien des niveaux et pourtant j'étais tellement impliquée émotionnellement qu'il m'a été impossible de m'arrêter. Alors accrochez-vous ! Car vous apprêtez à vivre une expérience unique !
" Verity " est une histoire complexe et difficile. Elle suit celle de Lowen, une autrice qui écrit une série pour Verity Crawford. Une autre autrice ayant de graves problèmes en ce moment. À la demande de son époux Jeremy, Lowen se rend chez eux pour effectuer quelques recherches. Mais cette maison et cette famille cachent de bien lourds secrets. En particulier un manuscrit autobiographique des plus troublants qui va changer à jamais sa vie mais également celle des Crowford...
En bref... De tous les écrits de Colleen Hoover, " Verity " est de très loin le plus bouleversant ! Je ressors de ma lecture littéralement bluffée ! Un thriller psychologique unique dans son genre qui vous happera dès les premières pages pour ne plus vous lâcher, qui vous prendra aux tripes, qui vous dérangera à bien des égards et qui vous donnera à réflexion. Une lecture à découvrir en urgence...
"What are you wearing?" Corey is staring down at my shirt, perplexed, just now noticing it despite having spent the last fifteen minutes with me.
I look down at my oversized shirt. For a moment, I forgot how ridiculous I look. "I spilled coffee on my other shirt this morning and had to change."
"Whose shirt is that?"
I shrug. "Probably yours. It was in my closet."
"You left your house in that? There wasn't something else you could have worn?"
"It doesn't look high fashion?" I'm being sarcastic, but he doesn't catch it.
He makes a face. "No. Is it supposed to?"
Such an ass. But he's good in bed, like most assholes.
I'm actually relieved when the conference room door opens and a woman walks in. She's followed, almost comically, by an older man walking so closely behind her, he bumps into the back of her when she stops.
"Goddammit, Barron," I hear her mumble.
I almost smile at the idea of Goddammit Barron actually being his name.
Jeremy enters last. He gives me a small nod that goes unnoticed by everyone else.
The woman is dressed more appropriately than I am on my best day, with short black hair and lipstick so red, it's a little jarring at nine thirty in the morning. She seems to be the one in charge as she reaches for Corey's hand, and then mine, while Goddammit Barron looks on. "Amanda Thomas," she says. "I'm an editor with Pantem Press. This is Barron Stephens, our lawyer, and Jeremy Crawford, our client."
Jeremy and I shake hands, and he does a good job of pretending we didn't share an extremely bizarre morning. He quietly takes the seat across from me. I try not to look at him, but it's the only place my eyes seem to want to travel. I have no idea why I'm more curious about him than I am about this meeting.
Amanda pulls folders out of her briefcase and slides them in front of Corey and me.
"Thank you for meeting with us," she says. "We don't want to waste your time, so I'll cut right to the chase. One of our authors is unable to fulfill a contract due to medical reasons, and we're in search of a writer with experience in the same genre who may be interested in completing the three remaining books in her series."
I glance at Jeremy, but his stoic expression doesn't hint at his role in this meeting.
"Who is the author?" Corey asks.
"We're happy to go over the details and terms with you, but we do ask that you sign the non-disclosure agreement. We would like to keep our author's current situation out of the media."
"Of course," Corey says.
I acquiesce, but I say nothing as we both look over the forms and then sign them. Corey slides them back to Amanda.
"Her name is Verity Crawford," she says. "I'm sure you're familiar with her work."
Corey stiffens as soon as they mention Verity's name. Of course we're familiar with her work. Everyone is. I hazard a glance in Jeremy's direction. Is Verity his wife? They share a last name. He said downstairs that his wife is a writer. But why would he be in a meeting about her? A meeting she isn't even here for?
"We're familiar with the name," Corey says, holding his cards close.
"Verity has a very successful series we would hate to see go unfinished," Amanda continues. "Our goal is to bring in a writer who is willing to step in, finish the series, complete the book tours, press releases, and whatever else is normally required of Verity. We plan to put out a press release introducing the new co-writer while also preserving as much of Verity's privacy as possible."
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