Verity

From Lowen and Jeremy's unconventional meeting—the antithesis of a cute-meet—to the very last page, this book had me hook, line, and sinker.

It's my first Colleen Hoover novel, but it will definitely not be my last. Lowen is offered a contract to ghost write the remaining books in a series by the popular author, Verity Crawford. It seems the author has been severely injured in a car accident. She's also Jeremy's wife. The Jeremy that Lowen just met at the site of another car accident.

Lowen, being nearly destitute, takes the job. It seems between the death of her mother and the scant sales of her own books, Lowen is being evicted. Fortunately, or maybe not, she's invited to move into the Crawford mansion until she has a grip on what it will take to finish writing Verity's final three books.

Car accidents aren't the only tragedies befalling the Crawford household. Jeremy now lives with his disabled wife and his five-year-old son, but his two daughters also met untimely deaths. To say Jeremy is overwhelmed by misfortune would be an understatement. To say the Lowen is attracted to Jeremy is also an understatement.

Of course, the real mystery here is Verity. She lives in an upstairs bedroom, unable to move and requiring 24-hour care. Days are covered by a nurse, but Jeremy has the night shift. It's the odd hints that Verity's disability isn't all that it seems that begins to get under Lowen's skin. Is Verity faking it? A series of creepy events serve to trigger Lowen's tendency to sleepwalk, which only complicates matters.

I love a book that keeps me guessing the ending. I also love it when I'm completely wrong. And I was on this one. Check it out. You won't be able to put it down and you won't be able to figure out what's really going on either.