Tara has a one night stand when she is away on a business trip, one that just won't lie down and die. Tara regrets her actions and wants to forget that it ever happened. James has no intention of letting Tara forget. He wants more of Tara, all of Tara, and will go to any length to get what he wants.

Hard to put down, I tore through it in two sittings. This tale of an illicit one-night stand with devastating consequences is a hugely enjoyable read.' ALEX MICHAELIDES, author of The Silent Patient This is a taut psychological thriller that intrigues and left me panting for the final ending. Each twist and turn was deftly done and takes the reader on a crazy ride. I felt that the characters were really well done and the storyline smooth, I didn't miss a beat reading this over a few hours cover to cover. Tara Carver is a successful owner of an online dating app, she’s happily married to Christian and they have a son, Marlon. Whilst in Japan on business she makes a split second decision to ‘stray’, a very bad choice in more ways than one as it causes her lovely comfortable life to implode.And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. I don’t see this so much as what happened between your wife and the other guy — it’s important, of course, especially if your wife feels in any way unsafe or uncomfortable — but I see this as more about what is (or is not) going on between you and your wife and how your immediate and most dominant reaction is concern for YOU and YOUR feelings rather than hers. Tara is a successful entrepreneur, running her own dating app business with her friend Mary and the support of her picture perfect family. Or so it would appear... but one night, on a business trip to Tokyo, Tara has a dalliance with a smart, charismatic man she meets at a conference and her life begins to unravel before her eyes 👀 I didn’t ask her how long he had his hand on her or if he had done this before; I suppose in hindsight I should have. We talked a bit more about it and chalked it up to alcohol, but in the past few days it’s been bothering me as I keep thinking about his hand on her and that he’s told her before that he thinks she’s hot. And this was the first time I’ve heard of it. Emotionally powerful, beautifully written and observed, this is one to savour.' CARA HUNTER, author of Close to Home and All the Rage

And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. If there is a man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, one who commits adultery with his friend’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. The way it was handled at the party and with his wife the following day leads me to believe he may be a strong “type B” and is very non-confrontational. However, respect for your wife and your marriage is a time for action. I would go to the neighbors house and have a conversation about what happened, saying you already talked with his wife, and you wanted to hear his side of the story. I would ask why he felt free to do what he did, how often this occurred and what else was going on (fishing a bit). At the very least, I would say he can’t be trusted when he drinks and needs to stay away from his wife….period. He mat divulge that there is more going on than meets the eye or just that he loses some inhibitions when he drinks. It would be interesting to see if he apologizes or takes it as no big deal. If he feels it is no big deal, I would then state again about staying away from his wife or he will immediately make it a major issue the next time. Then I would have a conversation with the wife to see if things match up…..hopefully it was only the few gropes she mentioned. Tears rolled down her face. “Don’t try to talk. Doctor Larson says you’ve suffered a mental breakdown. I’m so sorry.”Tara appears to have it all, she’s really driven, and has a successful and rewarding business, one that she started completely from scratch. She and Christian (a stay at home Dad) have a loving relationship, and Marlon is the light of both their lives. This little family were a tight unit, they only needed each other to make their lives complete. However, after Tara’s night of complete abandonment, her perfect life ends, when the married man she spent the night with, decides that he wants her permanently in his life, and constantly calls, texts and even shows up at her place of work. This is definitely stalker territory! She can’t get through to him that it was a one off, he just won’t let it go. There’s only one way to get rid of him before he destroys everything she holds dear - and that’s to get rid of him permanently!

As the night continued, I did not see any more groping, but I wasn’t really looking. I seemed to forget about it, probably from more drinks. About 3 months ago I started to have an affair with my neighbor. We both have children who are friends and we have always spent a lot of time together. It all started off innocently enough and over the years we flirted and started to become emotionally attached. We discussed and shared a lot of things in the past. He is an intelligent person and a good friend of my husband. Most of the time my husband use to travel for his work. MY THOUGHTS: I read Your Neighbour's Wife in less than twenty four hours. This is the fifth of Tony Parsons books that I have read, and the fifth five star rating. This is very different to his Max Wolfe series, but every bit as compelling, as good, if not better. This is a gripping story of love, family, friendship, marriage and infidelity.Glad you all went here — because as I read Wendy’s response I thought … EEEEP…. maybe I should sit this one out. The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. We all shook hands and sat in the living room. “Where are you from?” I asked. “You sound European.” The wife’s reaction doesn’t fit the narrative Wendy put forth. Maybe the wife didn’t pull away as she simply enjoys a little mild public flirtation. Some do. God knows I used to when I was younger and hotter.

And a man who committeth adultery with a man's wife -- who committeth adultery with the wife of his neighbour -- the adulterer and the adulteress are surely put to death. I want to very politely shut this down as I don't want to have to vaguely keep saying things like "work is full on at the moment" every time he brings it up because I think that's not going at stop him asking me, particularly when restrictions are lifted. I cant quite explain the brutality yet tenderness of this book at different times but can say it will stay with you and its one of my top reads of the year. My main thing here is the LW gave very little information. The advice really should just be for him to talk to his wife because nobody here knows what’s going on in her head and no one here was at the party. The way I would handle a situation or how I think my friends would react has no bearing on how any other random person out there would handle it or how their friends would react.I think there are so many words she could have used to describe the situation and/or the neighbor in a negative way and she didn’t choose any of them. She could have said he was disgusting, gross, douchy, handsy, an a**hole, or many other things and she chose none of them. If she didn’t like it she would say something negative or say that she wished he had come over when he saw what was happening or say that she froze and didn’t know what to do or that she was creeped out or that she was embarrassed. All she chose to say was that the neighbor said she was hot. She didn’t make any comment about being distressed or disgusted or hurt. She chose what she wanted to say and it was that the neighbor said she was hot.