The Widow on Dryer Court by Lisa Kusel

 

Perfect for fans of Kiersten Modglin's The Arrangement, The Widow on Dwyer Court is a sexy psychological thriller that will leave you breathless.

Thirty-six-year-old stay-at-home soccer mom Kate Burke is happily married to Matt Parsons, although their marriage looks very different behind closed doors. Kate is no longer interested in having sex with her husband, so, while they still love each other madly, they make an arrangement: Matt can have one-night stands with other women on work trips, but when he returns home, he has to tell Kate about them--every juicy detail.

Because Kate has a secret life writing erotic romance novels, and Matt's adulterous affairs are her bread and butter.

The family equilibrium is upset, however, when Annie Meyers, an eccentric young widow, moves to town with her daughter. At first, Kate is smitten with this wild, witty woman, who gives her a much-needed break from the other picture-perfect suburban moms, although she's not sure how much of her secret life she's willing to share with her new friend. But, it turns out Annie has secrets too--big ones that could destroy all their lives.

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Lisa was born in New Jersey two miles from where Thomas Alva Edison first recorded sound; in fact she and her adolescent peers would often be found lounging beneath the art deco tower that was built in his honor, making-out or puffing on stolen cigarettes. Just as Lisa was getting comfortable wearing bold-colored maxi skirts, her parents moved her and her two brothers to California, where she quickly adapted to making out and smoking cigarettes on the beach instead.

She went to college and studied biology and theater arts. She went to graduate school and studied environmental anthropology. After years of writing copy for non-profits, selling surplus cosmetics in Russia, and living off rich married men, she accepted an editorial position at that little-known Open Office competitor, Microsoft. There she created MATTER, the company's first online magazine read by the 34 people who were patient enough to wait the twelve minutes it took the GIFs to download through their 56K modems.

She got married. Left Microsoft. Went to Africa. Moved back to California. Wrote a book of interconnected short stories about a girl looking for true love--OTHER FISH IN THE SEA. Found an agent who sold it for shitloads of money. Had a baby. Wrote another novel about a ménage a trois gone bad--HAT TRICK. Wrote another one after that about WWII--not yet published. Then she moved to Bali to save her wounded marriage, and wrote a memoir about her time there. It's called RASH, and it's a funny poignant tale about a woman who mistakenly believes that running away to paradise is the only way to find true happiness.

Her latest book, a sexy psychological thriller called THE WIDOW ON DWYER COURT will be released Summer 2024 by Blackstone Publishing.

Follow her writing at www.lisakusel.com. Feel free to drop her a line at lisakusel<@>gmail.com because she loves to hear other people's stories.