The Rich Housewife (A gripping psychological thriller with a shocking twist)

Written by Ann-Marie Richards

Narrated by Kristi Alsip

“Delicious read! Wow! Mind-blowing twist at the end!...Loved this story! A great book to escape reality!” –5-Star Review on Goodreads

“Lots of surprises and twists. Worth the read.” –5-Star Review on Kobo

“Talk about surprises and twists!" – 5-Star Review on Amazon

Some people will stop at nothing to get what they want…

Formerly homeless hustler Bianca Thomson-Wingarden had it all planned out. She found a rich man to get her pregnant and marry so she could give her child a lavish life of financial security she'd carefully prepared for.

She and her new husband Elvin Wingarden III, heir to the Wingarden billion-dollar dynasty, have the perfect life. They split their time between their upscale condo in the city and their lavish 17-bedroom mansion in the country. They drive the latest luxury vehicles. They don't have to worry about money and she can shower their daughter Evie, their little dog, and their friends with everything they desire. 

The trouble is, their perfect life is about to fall apart. Elvin is no longer the charming man she married. And when Elvin's mother decides to hire the mysterious Penny as a live-in nanny to help take care of little Evie, everything starts going wrong in Bianca's life. She gets a terrible suspicion that the new nanny is there to replace her. And why does that nanny look so familiar?

A thrilling suspense filled with dark family secrets, popularity contests, and deception.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ann-Marie Richards
• Release date: Aug 8, 2020
• ISBN: 9781662286438

Reviews for The Rich Housewife (A gripping psychological thriller with a shocking twist)

[AbhishekKumar · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

It is only so many times .. one can hear “she was going to get back her money “. I had to stop listening after few chapters!

[Azeran Warrens · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Despite a twist ending, which honestly came out of nowhere, this book is pretty dull. And repetitive. How many times did I need to hear “Penny had to get her money back” or the phrase “goal-digger?”

[David Henderson · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

If you want to read a book that repeats rich gold digging, get knocked up wife along with a get even fake nanny for 18 chapters then by all means listen to this book.

[Josie Moore · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I found this story to be childish and repetitive, sorry.

[Nancy Sanchez · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

The narrator was great….she only read the book did not write it!!! This was the worst audiobook I had ever listen to…… Full of non-essential details. The repetitiveness in this story is mind blowing. This book should’ve been called I’m going to get my money. Do not waste your time… Skip

[TONYA FITZPATRICK · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Where do I start??

The narration was annoying to say the least. The story line was REDUNDANT AF.

Yes, there is a surprising twist at the end, but it’s just not worth the painstaking effort to get there

[Rebecca Graves · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Couldn’t make it all the way through. It was so repetitive that I just couldn’t take it anymore.

[Adri Digirolamo · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I wonder how many times a book can say the word money, bitch stole my money, I’m gonna get my money back, or her money. The writing was repetitive and not that interesting. This story could have been so much better.

[Shannon Daughtry · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

This may have been the worst book I have ever read and the editing was horrible. I've never written a bad review for a book, but this one was too bad to ignore.

[Lauren O’Cull · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

If I could rate this book a half of a star, I would! I believe a third grader could’ve written this book better! Pure stupid rubbish! So happy that I stopped listening at about chapter 10 and looked at the other reviews and realized that everyone else feels the same about this ridiculous book. Lol.

[Elyse Merbach · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

It felt extremely repetitive
I kept thinking I went back a chapter because the same things were repeated so often!!!! Also the narrator accent was confusing ?

[Alexandria Breech · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The use of “Money, money, money” when they finally revealed the plot twist was VERY annoying.

[Leslie Kubtan · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I don't usually take time to write reviews, but this book was ridiculous. The same lines,plots and story over and over! And then over and over and..well you get the picture. It's like a 5th grader wrote it!

[tammy · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I can’t believe I listened to the very end. Not worth it.

[Laura · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I wouldn’t say it was a psychological thriller. I am really not sure what accent the narrator was trying to pull off, but it was wonky. Definitely not Canadian.

[Susan Adams · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Was this written by Michael Gary Scott? Such a silly story!! Maybe I’m too picky but I am so distracted by the (terrible) accents! Are they British? Half American and half bad English accent, the fortune in dollars and not pounds.. And if you’re going to narrate a book you should pronounce words correctly like Givenchy and Hermès. Not to mention, the family name, she pronounces WING-arden instead of WIN-garden.

[Gladys O · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Don't make a drinking game out of how many times "she was going to get her money back" is repeated, you'll die from alcohol poisoning!

They go on and on about the same stuff unnecessarily, I even started to believe there was a glitch on my phone from all the repeation. This should have been an hour listen at best. Not worth it. Skip.

[Tracy pye · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Even though I felt I didn't want to finish listening to this book I did and then I understood why the phrase 'I'm going to get my money back' was annoyingly repeated like a mantra in every single chapter, that's the only reward I got from persevering. The story is boring going on and on and on about how rich they are but with not much actual story, yes there is a twist but truly it's not worth it. A lot of the story is repeated in later chapters which made me think I had a glitch on my phone and that it had jumped back chapter's. It most certainly is NOT a gripping thriller, its just a story that could honestly have been told in five chapters... I won't be reading the next one.... I couldn't bear it!

[Angel Goins · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The author repeats the same words and phrases entirely too much. I'm not sure of why she didn't realize this before publishing. The story line was interesting but should have been shortened. The repetition was quite annoying, but I'm trying to get to the end..

The word money was mentioned about a thousand times.

[judy griffin · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Give me a break. Just relieved i did not buy the book.

[Inge Wertwijn · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Terrible plot, terrible writing. I started it on recommendation, as a “good read” but it is too silly for words.

[Eedge Eeva · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

A good twist but book in general was annoying as things was repeated again and again and again. There was a moment that I thought I will go through and count how many times some phrases was repeated. Definitely will not rush for another book of this author, not now.

[mashell_maddux · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

This book would have been better if there were not the nearly constant reminder that she would get her money back, the rose tattoo and Bianca was bad and would pay all the money back that she had stolen from her. Ad infinitum.

[Tom Wynn · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Quite the convoluted . The book was OK but far from the best thing I have read recently.

[naomi · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

This was absolutely terrible! Poorly written with phrases repeated over and over again such as “she liked to think of herself as a goal digger, not a gold digger”.
Not much of a twist, and hardly what I would call a psychological thriller. I don’t understand how there were so many good reviews?

[BKP Google · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

One of the worst books I ever read. I just finished it to know the plot. Boring repetitions throughout the book. Don’t waste your time.

[Clive Gaynor · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The ending was a bit predictable but the twists were 'twisted'. There were some drawn out/repetitive narrations but a good story overall.

Clive G

[Shannon Whitt · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Although you could play a drinking game with the word money in this book I really enjoyed it.

[Sarah Thompson · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A good story but chapters mess up and missing around 27-33

[Mandy White · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The end was good, but the book was so repetitive.