Britney King

Favorite Quotes:

What’s the saying? A mistake made more than once is a decision.

He speaks nonchalantly but also in a manner that makes me feel like he cares. Like the funeral director, I wonder if this is something they pull aside and drill into a certain segment of the population, a segment that does not contain me or hardly anyone I know.

“It can’t wait, Gillian,” she huffs. I feel like this is a different story and I’m one of the three little pigs and I’m not sure which. He show more huffed, and he puffed, and he blew the house down.

Just remember, you only get to be young and stupid once… It’s kind of like dimples on your ass. They’re cute when you’re a baby, not so much when you’re an adult.

I feel like I’m in one of those movies where the main character knows too much.

My Review:

I am in awe of Britney King’s deft wordcraft, her fiendishly clever and original stories maintain a compelling and bewitching quality that beckon and beguile yet are also uncomfortably prickly and more than a bit flinch-worthy. She has turned her unique brand of suspense into an art form - and I cannot get enough of them! The Secretary had me biting my lips, gnawing on my cuticles, and holding my breath. I was on edge and itchy with curiosity while also anxious and concerned for the main character. I zipped right through it and yearned for more. The gal has mad skills! show less

She’s back—and she’s got a sharp edge. 🔪
If “The Secretary” had you on edge, Volume II cranks up the suspense like someone’s slowly twisting a knife. 😏 Britney King does not hold back in this sequel.

The tension? Thick enough to slice through with a letter opener.

The pacing? Immaculately sharp and on point.

The plot? Twisty enough to make you question everything, including your own sanity. 😵‍💫

❓If all your coworkers knew something you didn’t, would you want to know, show more or keep living in blissful ignorance? 😉👂
Sometimes I like ignorance bliss, but not in this case!

I enjoyed this book even more than the first! The stakes are higher, the secrets are darker, and the mind games? Absolutely addictive—I was completely hooked and feeling just a tad paranoid. 🥺

If psychological thrillers filled with shades of gray and danger that grin like a Cheshire cat are your thing, then “The Secretary: Volume II” is calling you. 📞💼 Don’t hesitate to pick up the phone!

Britney King has knocked it out of the park once again with a binge-worthy, page-turning masterpiece that’ll have you casting side-eyes at your colleagues and questioning your own sanity. 🫣

Thanks to the author and Hot Banana Press for this eARC. All opinions are my own. show less

Favorite Quotes:

The house squats at a dead end like it was built last out of spite. Faded clapboard, porch sagging at one corner, roof doing that subtle bow that means the beams are remembering they are mortal. One gutter hangs like a loose tooth.

I open the fridge out of habit. Filthy. The light inside flickers weakly, as if it’s surprised to be involved.

“My ribs are killing me because you dropped me down a flight of stairs.” “That was gravity. I just facilitated the show more introduction.”

I don’t trust this. I don’t trust this the way I don’t trust gas station sushi— the presentation is fine but something underneath is going to kill me.

He said thank you yesterday and I nearly called a priest because I was sure he’d been possessed.

My Review:

No one does clever, smirk-worthy, and creepy snark like Britney King, no one! I revel in her cringe-worthy tales. The hair on my arms was often standing at attention, and the phone went unanswered during my rapt perusal. My favorite scene was cunningly and wryly crafted and involved Meg Ryan in the background for a brilliant touch of irony.

Ms. King never fails to deliver unpredictable twists and is deftly skilled at creating deeply fractured characters who commit heinous acts, yet her word skills are smooth, unbelievably sly, and stealthily manipulate me into caring about them. This pair was an unexpected find and laced together with major issues.

As is typical when I read one of her gripping and well-paced missives, upon reaching the last page, I wore a satisfied smirk, yet my cuticles were a ragged mess. Her family had best take note to mind their p’s and q’s, and come home with sweet treats on a daily basis. show less

Favorite Quotes:

The air fills with shampoo, gossip, and that strange electric thrill people get when the horror’s happening to someone else.

Turns out, no one hates a whistleblower more than a neighborhood that needs one.

People don’t break all at once. They erode.

No one tags me directly. That’s how gossip works when it’s dressed up as worry.

She looks at me like she’s wondering if it’s safe to leave me alone with scissors.

If this were a movie, I’d be gliding up these stairs in show more slow motion, hair perfect, jaw set, justice dripping off me like perfume. Instead, I’m sweating through a Target sweater and realizing I really should have thought this through.

My chest tightens. It’s not rage I feel. It’s not even panic. It’s something worse: that low, vibrating frequency of realization. It’s a feeling that settles in your bones when the worst thing you can imagine is already happening— and has been for a while.

Tom’s idea of a splurge is letting his wife buy name- brand mustard.

My Review:

I adore, revere, and fear Britney King in equal measure. She scares me silly with her realistically flawed, devious, and creepy characters, while she also has me snorting with amusement with her keenly-honed world-class snark. Her chilling observations and insightfulness into the criminal elements and their calm brutality, ruthless calculations, pitiless rationales, and cold depravity are beyond perceptive and more than a bit disconcerting.

Reaching the last pages of her tales typically finds me with neck tension, ragged cuticles, and in desperate need of a new deadbolt and a spa day for a massage and manicure.

I avidly haunt her Goodreads page as I cannot wait to see what she does next. show less