If She Only Knew

This was something else. I always say I read what I like and this I like. The story line kept me trying to figure it out and although I had part of it figured out midway it was still so entertaining. I enjoyed the unraveling of every tid bit going on. I do admit sometimes I had a "Are you for real moment" but listen if you know me I live for those moments. Lisa Jackson's writing style is one that keeps my brain going as if I was watching a true crime show mixed with other drama and this book did not disappoint. Definitely looking forward to see what happens in the second book.

✅ Wealthy & Family Secrets (family drama)
✅ Amnesia trauma
✅ Psychological Thriller
✅ imposter/mistaken identity
✅ Gaslighting

I was here for all of it.

This was a decent read about a woman who, after being in a horrible car accident, wakes up from a coma with no memory. She learns that her name is Marla Cahill and she is married to a handsome, wealthy man, has two children, and lives in a huge mansion overlooking San Francisco Bay. The problem is, she knows in her heart that none of this is true. And she also knows she is somehow in great danger.

The premise was intriguing but the plot moved very slowly, which wasn't helped by the dopey and unnecessary Harlequin romance sub-plot. It seems to be a trend in the books I read lately where the author is trying to be all things to all people. I believe you need to pick a genre and stick with it, for example: hard-boiled mystery; or sappy show more soft-porn romance. But not both. show less

This book would have been improved by removing the extraneous sex scenes which added nothing to the story. I am not a prude by any means and scenes of intimacy can be used to advance the character development. However, the scenes in this book could have been cut and the book would have been much improved. I am not a fan of "romance" novels, I got over that phase when I was in my 20s. I did like the story and time spent on the sex scenes could have been better used to tighten up the storyline. I doubt I will ever read another one of this author's pieces.

Marla Cahill has just survived a deadly car accident, the other people involved are all dead. Her face has been restored through plastic surgery and shes starting to physically mend. She's suffering from amnesia and can't really remember anyting. Nothing from her former life is coming through. She's also finding her brother-in-law very attractive but neither of them want to betray her husband and his brother.

There were a lot of twists and turns in the story and it wrapped up very quickly, somewhat overpopulated by characters and several of them didn't really have enough of a different voice to stand out enough not to confuse me.

It's not a bad read but it didn't really stand out for me.

Marla Cahill survived a deadly car crash and plastic surgery restored her looks, however, her memories are gone, even the face in the mirror is a stranger. When nothing around her, the house she is living in nor family members, triggers her memory she starts to think she is not who everyone says she is (I thought that too). As she tried to figure out who she is, she realized she is in danger, being stalked by a murderer.

Read this in a day, mainly because I am behind in my reading and if I don’t read a book a day I will never catch up. However it was easy to read in a day. It is a fast paced book with a twisted story line, when I read that Marla didn’t recognize her family and had no familiarity with them, I thought I knew what was show more going on, from a story line in another book I read, but I was wrong. It was a pleasant surprise and it captured my attention, the plot twisted and turned into a believable ending. It did not seem like something just thrown together to make all the pieces fit. show less

Marla Cahill survived a deadly car crash and plastic surgery restored her looks, however, her memories are gone, even the face in the mirror is a stranger. When nothing around her, the house she is living in nor family members, triggers her memory she starts to think she is not who everyone says she is (I thought that too). As she tried to figure out who she is, she realized she is in danger, being stalked by a murderer.

Read this in a day, mainly because I am behind in my reading and if I don’t read a book a day I will never catch up. However it was easy to read in a day. It is a fast paced book with a twisted story line, when I read that Marla didn’t recognize her family and had no familiarity with them, I thought I knew what was show more going on, from a story line in another book I read, but I was wrong. It was a pleasant surprise and it captured my attention, the plot twisted and turned into a believable ending. It did not seem like something just thrown together to make all the pieces fit. show less

Marla Cahill is married to Alex, a wealthy business man and they live in San Francisco in a gated mansion with his mother and their daughter. One night, Marla is in a horrific car accident where the passenger in the car she was driving dies and Marla loses her memory. When she wakes up in the hospital, she immediately feels that something isn't right, even though she has no memory of the people around her. After she's released from the hospital, she begins to feel as if she is going crazy and is adamant that she woke up one night with a man standing in her room. She confides in her brother-in-law and they start investigating the accident because he feels something isn't right.