Vanessa Bolton grocery shops on Tuesdays, does Pilates on Thursdays, and recruits men into a cult in hotel rooms whenever New Hope calls.
At home, she's an impeccable housekeeper, a passable mother, and exactly the wife she's expected to be.
For New Hope, she's a Siren.
Her job is simple: learn what a man wants, become it, and bring him into the fold.
Vanessa is very good at her job.
Then she meets Elliot.
He's a chemist looking for something uncomplicated. Instead, he gets Vanessa-who is supposed to be playing him.
The problem is, Elliot doesn't behave like the other marks.
He notices too much.
He asks the wrong questions.
And for the first time, Vanessa isn't entirely sure who is manipulating whom.
New Hope does not tolerate failed assignments.
It tolerates disloyalty even less.
And the closer Vanessa gets to Elliot, the more dangerous it becomes to separate the woman she really is from the woman she was trained to pretend to be.
New Hope taught Vanessa how to turn desire into leverage.
It never taught her what to do when the leverage works both ways.
Speak of the Devil is a dark psychological thriller about a suburban housewife recruited to seduce for a cult, a mark who refuses to play his part, and the dangerous question of who is really controlling whom.
Read if you like:
Cult thrillers with powerful people pulling the strings Morally gray women living dangerous double lives Seduction used as manipulation and control Cat-and-mouse relationships where both sides are playing Suburban perfection hiding something much darker Psychological warfare, surveillance, and toxic power games Dangerous attraction with very bad consequences Fast-paced thrillers with an ending you won't see coming Books like The Last Housewife, The Marriage Pact, and The Stepford Wives-for readers who like cults, dangerous marriages, manipulation, and women who aren't nearly as compliant as they appear.Customer Reviews
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