Unmarried

By: Emily Shiner

Many thanks to Bookouture for the ARC and the stop on the book tour!

About the Book

He killed his first wife. But I married him to protect my own secrets…

I never expected to find my happily ever after with Dr Mitch Ellis. I wore a lace dress with an extravagant train to our wedding at the biggest church in town. Mitch wanted to be sure everything was flawless. Now I can see I’ve made a grave mistake. Mitch wants me to be his quiet, perfect little wife, just like his last one. He doesn’t know who he is dealing with this time.

He thinks I haven’t noticed her jewellery still tucked away in our room. And that the details on her death certificate don’t add up. He believes I’m happily under his thumb, sunning myself all day by his pool where his staff can keep an eye on me.

Mitch should pay for what he did to the woman before me, and I won’t let him get away with it this time…

My Review

After I read Uninvited, I wanted more, and that is exactly what Shiner gives us in Unmarried. It was the perfect second book. You don’t know who to trust, if you can trust anyone really. The whole time I was reading the book, I didn’t know what was going to happen; I didn’t know how it was going to end. There was at least one twist in there that really shocked me! I may have gotten whiplash because I was like “WTH?”

Shiner writes Mitch perfectly, he’s the character we love to hate. He’s controlling and manipulative, but in the end, maybe he wasn’t as smart as he thought! As the reader, I may not be as smart as I thought – haha! I felt bad for Aimee because of the relationship that she is in; I was really unsure about Hannah – I couldn’t pinpoint what I thought about her because again, I didn’t know if I could trust her.

The ending was also fantastic. I did read the author’s acknowledgements and in there it said that this was a duology. The ending definitely finished some things, but also made me think that another book could be written, haha! One could only hope. I’ve grown to enjoy some of these characters.

This is out now, so check this duology out! It’s a quick, fast paced, enjoyable read.

Publish Date: November 19, 2025
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About the Author

Emily Shiner always dreamed of becoming an author. After spending years devouring stacks of thrillers, she decided to try her hand at writing them herself. Now she gets to live out her dream of writing novels and sharing her stories with people around the world. She lives in the Appalachian Mountains and loves hiking with her husband, daughter, and their two dogs.