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Reviewed by Sarah Stuart for Readers' Favorite
The Congressman’s Wife by Arie Pavlou and Charlene Keel is primarily Eden’s story. Born into a rich family and then plunged into poverty, she has only two advantages: youthful beauty and knowledge of social etiquette. She fears the lack of stability in her life and grasps the chance to marry Mitchell Bancroft. Mitchell is a partner in a law firm, rich enough to offer Eden security and, she believes, be a good father to the children for whom she longs. He has political ambitions and sees her as the perfect trophy wife to support him in his public life. Caleb, son of a Greek Cypriot with traditional ideas about passing on the family business only upon death, is a talented chef seeking independence, and so enters the picture as a caterer at campaign functions.
Arie Pavlou and Charlene Keel’s The Congressman’s Wife is a thrilling roller-coaster ride from beginning to end: fast-paced, sizzling with sex, yet constantly balanced on the edge of disaster for Eden. From the moment she falls for Caleb, I was metaphorically biting my nails. Was Mitchell, the politician who uses the wife he doesn’t love as a campaign accessory, such an egotistical snob that he wouldn’t notice the looks exchanged between his wife and a man he regards as a servant? When looks developed into a passionate clandestine affair, I shared Eden’s fear that she’d be found out and lose custody of her children. This is unquestionably one of the best books I have read and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys a well-written romance that is also a thriller.
