The Replacement Wife: A Novel
She was hired to replace a woman who had died. But that woman isn't dead. When Sienna Cole answers an unusual job posting — live-in nanny in a remote Maine mansion, $15,000 a month — she tells herself it's about the money. But it's about Eleanor. The half-sister she never knew existed. The woman whose house she now lives in, whose bed she sleeps in, whose children she raises. And whose fate she may be about to inherit.
Description
She was hired to replace a dead woman. But the dead woman isn't dead.
When Sienna Cole answers an unusual job posting — live-in nanny for two children in a remote Maine mansion, $15,000 a month — she convinces herself it's about the money. But no. It's about Eleanor.
Eleanor Ashford, the wife of wealthy financier Marcus Ashford, died six months ago in a car crash on a fog-shrouded coastal road. At least, that's the official version.
Sienna doesn't believe it. Because Eleanor was her half-sister — a sister she didn't know existed until she discovered her dying mother's letters. And now, Sienna lives in Eleanor's house, sleeps in her bed, wears her clothes, and raises her children.
Something is wrong in the Ashford house.
Those children who jump at the slightest noise. That housekeeper who observes everything. This husband whose charm is never truly reflected in his eyes.
And that locked door on the third floor that no one wants to explain.
What Readers Will Find Inside
- A gothic psychological thriller set in a remote Maine coastal mansion
- A heroine who steps into a dead woman's life — and discovers the woman may not be dead
- Themes of identity, obsession, and the terrifying cost of replacing someone
- A husband whose perfection is a performance and a house full of locked secrets
- The first volume of a trilogy
The Question at the Heart of the Novel
If you take the place of a deceased woman, do you also inherit her fate?
The Replacement Wife is a gothic psychological thriller that explores identity, obsession, and the line between uncovering the truth and becoming its next victim.
