Search - The English Wife (Next)

This was the first book I ever read in the "next" series and I must say that it was a nice change from the mainstream chic lit that I usually read.I thought the story was very good.Once the main character got to England I really started enjoying this book.

He left her a cottage in England...and a photograph with the words "I'm sorry" written on it...

Marjorie Maitland's life was totally predictable-just the way she liked it. But when her husband died, he left her a deed to a cottage in England. The old Margie would have left this alone. But the new Margie had to make this trip to England to discover if her whole life had been a lie...

This book is part of a line of "What's Next?" novels, about women who are looking for what's next in their lives, about rediscovery and reconnection.

There's the life you planned. And then there's what comes next.

He left her a cottage in England...and a photograph with the words "I'm sorry" written on it...

Marjorie Maitland was used to a certain routine--she'd built her life around the safety of predictability. Then the unexpected happened--her husband died. But grief was not the only emotion that overwhelmed her. The mystery her husband left behind puzzled her--a deed to a cottage in England. Where had that come from? And who was the woman in the photograph? Margie knew trouble when it knocked on her door.

The old Margie, safe in her suburban home, would have avoided this potentially humiliating situation. But things were changing. The new Margie had to unravel this tangled web and get to the truth. And that meant a trip to England to find out if her entire life had been a lie...or to discover the best parts of the rest of her life.

I love the Next Collection. And The English Wife is such a good read. It was fast, funny, sad and full of "what next is gonna happen". I really liked the charecters and I am in love with this author and would like to read more from her. This Next story was about a woman who's husband passed away, she finds out during the will reading that her husband owned a cottage in England That he had purcahsed apx. 3 months after their marriage and they had been married 27 years, and there was a woman living there free of rent charges. The wife has no idea about the cottage, or the woman and her lawyer says it is up to her to let this woman know her free ride is over and that the owner has died and now as his wife she is now the owner. Fun read.

An amazing story. I loved it. Moves right along. I enjoyed the NEXT step, the characters, and premise of this story. Satisfying ending. Recommend. P.S. I love the cover too!

Marjorie's husband left everything to her in his will. This included the property in England. Marjorie never knew about this cottage. She travels to England and finds that her husband of 23 years had a secret life. Easy and quick read. I knocked out this book in two hours. Easy to figure out the happy ending.