The Marriage Pact, Michelle Richmond
The Marriage Pact, Michelle Richmond
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The Marriage Pact

Author: Michelle Richmond

Narrator: Tom Taylorson

Unabridged: 13 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/25/2017

Synopsis

Would you like your marriage to last forever?Do you believe that a long marriage will go through periods of happiness and sadness, light and darkness?Are both of you willing to work to make your marriage last—until death do you part?Newlyweds Alice and Jake are a picture-perfect couple. Alice, once a singer in a well-known rock band, is now a successful lawyer. Jake is a partner in an up-and-coming psychology practice. Their life together holds endless possibilities. After receiving an enticing wedding gift from one of Alice’s prominent clients, they decide to join an exclusive and mysterious group known only as the Pact.The goal of the Pact seems simple: to keep marriages happy and intact. And most of its rules make sense. Always answer the phone when your spouse calls. Exchange thoughtful gifts monthly. Plan a trip together once per quarter …Never mention the Pact to anyone.Alice and Jake are initially seduced by the glamorous parties, the sense of community, their widening social circle of like-minded couples.And then one of them breaks the rules.The young lovers are about to discover that for adherents to the Pact, membership, like marriage, is for life. And the Pact will go to any lengths to enforce that rule.For Jake and Alice, the marriage of their dreams is about to become their worst nightmare.In this relentlessly paced novel of psychological suspense, New York Times bestselling author Michelle Richmond crafts an intense and shocking tale that asks: How far would you go to protect your marriage?

About Michelle Richmond

Michelle Richmond is the New York Times bestselling author of seven novels and story collections, including The Marriage Pact, Golden State, The Year of Fog, and Hum. She received the Truman Capote Prize for Alabama’s Distinguished Writer of the Short Story. Her books have been published in thirty languages.

About Tom Taylorson

Tom Taylorson is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and Chicago-based actor with over a decade of stage experience. In that time he also built a voice-over career and now primarily works as a voice actor. Tom is an adjunct faculty member at Columbia College Chicago, teaching voice-over for interactive media.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on January 14, 2019

4 out of 5 stars to The Marriage Pact, a thriller and suspense novel written by Michelle Richmond and set to be released on July 25, 2017. Many thanks to the author, NetGalley and the publisher, Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine Bantam, for the Advanced Reader Copy (ARC). I really enjoyed r......more

Goodreads review by Holly on August 03, 2017

WOW! This was a fantastic read. I loved the fast pace and suspense. It was very clever and had me on the edge throughout. Some of the "pact" rules - 1. When your spouse calls answer 2. Exchange thoughtful gifts monthly 3. Plan a trip together once a quarter 4. NEVER mention the PACT to anyone. The ad......more

Goodreads review by Susanne on May 23, 2017

3.5 Stars* (rounded down) Could you imagine being married to someone and being obligated to stay with them forever with no way out? Because you made a Marriage Pact to stay together? And you love each other and you were already making the commitment and it seemed fun, exciting, ominous and oh so......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on July 23, 2017

Creepy, unnerving, but thought provoking. Hello, Friend. What we have here is a very original and well thought out story. It's very intricate. The characters are multi-layered and complex. Alice especially, I found fascinating. In a way, I wish we had been granted looks into her head... but not......more

Goodreads review by Norma ~ The Sisters on October 19, 2018

Traveling Sisters Group Read with Brenda, Diane, Jan, and Jennifer Brenda packed up her books and hightailed it out of the coulee, leaving me lost in the coulee all by lonesome to write this sister review.  I will refrain from expressing my over excitement within this review as to not trigger a rare......more

Quotes

“Tom Taylorson narrates this thriller with precision, helping listeners to be pulled into the story…Taylorson’s voice becomes more expressive as the tension builds—he deftly captures the charming veneers of the society’s members…Taylorson ramps up the suspense in this sinister psychological drama. Listeners will find his delivery a compelling and rich experience. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.” AudioFile

“A tense, twisting, quirky novel of growing dread—and a love story with a richly imagined relationship.” Dean Koontz, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“Riveting psychological suspense…This book will keep you all night, while making you second guess everything you know and everyone you’ve ever loved.” Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“A truly chilling thriller…It ranks with The Stepford Wives and Gone Girl as a terrifying look at what it really means to say ‘I do.’” Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author

“A novel of psychological suspense, tautly plotted and deftly written.” J. P. Delaney, New York Times bestselling author

“A smart, engrossing, scary read!” Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author

“In Michelle Richmond’s The Marriage Pact, a different kind of evil is in play, this one just as intangible and pernicious…The book is at its strongest when Richmond describes The Pact’s manual in a wickedly deadpan style…It becomes clear that the force of evil is only a matter of perspective. Like back at the CIA, there really are no good guys or bad guys here, only floundering players.” New York Times

“This fast-paced nail-biter goes in unpredictable directions, including some violent scenes. It also raises thoughtful questions about individual agency and marital commitment. With strong writing, intriguing characters, and a compelling conceit, this psychological thriller seems destined for the top of summer reading lists.” Library Journal (starred review)

“Take[s] readers deep into the heart of a marriage and exposes some of the darker drives, such as possession and control, that can lurk within even the most harmonious of unions.” Booklist

Awards

  • LibraryReads Pick
  • BookPage Top Pick
  • Audible Pick
  • Today Show Pick
  • NCIBA bestseller
  • AudioFile Earphones Award
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