Our Husband

The thing about Stephanie Bond is that near as I can tell she's writing the same book over and over. Luckily for me, I like that book. In this case, the three women thrown together by circumstance are the "wives" of Ray Carmichael, newly deceased polygamist. Ray's death left them with scandal, no money--since he'd been secretly spending it all--and murder charges. Since just about nobody believes they didn't kill him the wives team up to find out who did and, along the way, find out that they're more family to each other than Ray ever was to them.

Although I didn't find it "laugh out loud" humorous I did get quite a few smiles. I became very invested in the characters and hope to meet up with them in a later novel. Five stars for a creative, well written story. I can't say more without going into spoiler territory and this is a story you should experience as it unfolds.

This is an entertaining story if you are looking for a happy, quick, light read. It uses simple humor and is very easy. I admit that I was hooked and wanted to keep reading to find out the end, which I didn't predict, so it did a good job of building suspense. It conveniently ignores things like facebook and cell phones that would make this story impossible, but oh well. It would do as a beach read.

Three strangers all converge on Ray's hospital room after an accident. All finding out they are married to him. Beatrix for 21 yrs, Natalie for 7 yrs, & Ruby for a couple of months. The outrage, hurt, & hate they feel for Ray & each other all comes to head when Ray dies & they are all charged with murder. An asshole detective that wants them all to be in jail pits them against each other so he can close his case. The three women start investigating on their own & join forces to find out who really murdered Ray.

I have now read 5 of Stephanie Bond’s books. I love the Mojo Louisiana stories but have not really enjoyed any of the others. Our Husband is another piece of junk about 3 women unknowingly married to the same man. The three women are so generic it crossing the line into stereotypes. The “blonde rich bitch” who is really a poor little rich girl who has no friends. Of course she doesn’t cause she is a rude snob. The “limp brown haired workaholic” who is basically a “door mat” throughout except her love interest to whom she is bitchy and unappreciative. The “red-headed hick stripper” who is really immature for a 21 year old. The girl watches cartoons and eats kid’s cereal. Her lack of knowledge borders on making her show more look stupid versus just uneducated. This book is not romantic or humorous and I wish they wouldn’t be sold that way. Most of the characters treat each other horribly. So with 3 of Stephanie Bond’s book about multiple women characters in mysterious situations, I have to say they are the same – the characters are stereotypes, the author uses someone disability or lack of education to try to be the source of humor, the women treat their love interests horribly but the love interests still fall head over heels, all of the characters are put through humiliating situations over and over until they just happen to trip over the solution to the mystery. show less

Light mystery with a twist of humour and a splash of romance. But Stephanie Bond writes enjoyable books and keeps the story going to the end...

Entertaining. Held my interest throughtout.