MY LOVELY WIFE

In this debut thriller, a couple's 15-year marriage is thrown into chaos when a serial killer strikes their Florida town.

Introducing the perfect couple...

To everyone around them, Millicent and her husband have an ideal life. She is a successful real estate agent, he teaches tennis to the wealthy residents at their local country club, and they have two teenage children. They are the quintessential family, holding strong in a time when disposable relationships are the new normal.

How have they survived all of these years? One key to their success is having similar interests. Millicent and her husband enjoy the cat and mouse game of finding women to seduce and murder. They follow a specific set of rules and have boundaries that must not be crossed. This has allowed them to maintain an otherwise normal home life.

Everything changes when Owen Oliver Riley, an infamous serial killer who terrorized their town in the past, resurfaces. As the foundation of their complicated relationship begins to crumble, Millicent's husband wonders how well he really knows her. How far will he go to keep his family together?

Samantha Downing currently lives in New Orleans, where she is furiously typing away on her next suspense thriller. My Lovely Wife is her first novel.