{"product_id":"9780008566449","title":"The Marriage Rule: the new unmissable, gripping and unputdownable domestic thriller for 2025","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e\n            \u003cem\u003eLove. Honour. Obey?\u003c\/em\u003e\n          \u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A whale of a read; a stomach-roiling page turner and a disturbing look at how women end up in such bad places…I was so invested' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A riveting domestic thriller with a fresh twist' \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Marrs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Raw, riveting and painfully timely'\u003cstrong\u003e Kia Abdullah\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElle never dreamed she’d end up with a man like Dom. He’s handsome, successful, the perfect father to their baby girl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Elle doesn’t feel the joy she knows she should. She's struggling with being a mum, failing at work, even her post-baby body doesn’t feel like her own. Not that Dom cares. He worships Elle and craves intimacy as deeply as troubled Elle wants to shy away from it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElle starts relying on red wine and the attention of new colleague Gabriel to get through her day. But the morning after a team away day, a bewildered and hungover Elle wakes up with a lifeless body in her bed. She knows devoted Dom is the only person who’ll give her any chance of getting out of there a free woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElle would never have ended up in such danger if she’d followed the Marriage Rule, the one thing she’s been told a wife needs to do, even if it breaks her…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eReaders are gripped by \u003cem\u003eThe Marriage Rule:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An intelligent, suspense-filled exploration of marriage, motherhood, and the secrets we hide'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Heart-stopping'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Gripping and hard-hitting'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The twists are insane'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Compulsive and intelligently written'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Helen Monks Takhar:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Nail-biting' \u003cstrong\u003eHarriet Tyce\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Explosive' \u003cstrong\u003eWill Dean\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Twisted, dark and shocking’ \u003cstrong\u003eJo Spain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Compelling and suspenseful' \u003cstrong\u003eDiane Jeffrey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Unnerving and propulsive’ \u003cstrong\u003eAllison Buccola\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Alex Finlay (If Something Happens to Me), Andrea Bartz (We Were Never Here), May Cobb (The Hollywood Assistant), Lindsay Cameron (No One Needs to Know), and Fiona Barton (Local Gone Missing).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Helen Monks Takhar, Read by Juliette Burton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889002860693,"sku":"9780008566449","price":45.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008566449_075eddc2-f283-462e-b8b8-67cf409ebbb0.jpg?v=1776888233","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008566449","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}