A Note from Jill Tingley, Star of JILL IS NOT HAPPY
A Note from Jill Tingley, Star of JILL IS NOT HAPPY
Dear Fellow Women (and I use that term loosely for some of you),
Since you’re all so fascinated with women’s stories, you simply must read JILL IS NOT HAPPY —if only to learn how a real woman handles the complexities of marriage, motherhood, and maintaining social dominance in a competitive beach town. Kaira Rouda has done an adequate job capturing my essence, though she could have emphasized my charitable work more.
But here’s the thing, darlings: while you’re reading about my life, why not actually improve your own? As a favor to womankind—and because I simply cannot stand watching marriages crumble around me—I’ve compiled my wisdom into “Ten Tips for a Happy Marriage.” https://kairarouda.com/jill-
These are the same strategies that have kept Jack devoted, obedient, and blissfully unaware of just how thoroughly I manage every aspect of our lives. Happy wife, happy life, as Jack knows all too well. Trust me, after over twenty years of perfecting the art of marriage, I know what works. You’re welcome.
Maintaining standards,
Jill Tingley
Expert in All Things Matrimonial and star of JILL IS NOT HAPPY
JILL IS NOT HAPPY
Bonfire of the Vanities meets War of the Roses in this latest thriller from the USA Today bestselling author of Best Day Ever and The Next Wife, in which an ill-fated road trip resurrects a married couple’s darkest secrets.
Some secrets keep a couple together.
If you ask Jill Tingley, she’ll tell you she and her husband Jack are college sweethearts living the dream in Southern California. Wealthy, popular and genetically blessed, theirs is an enviable life, though they’ve grown distant in recent years. Newly empty nesting with their daughter Maggie away at college, Jill suggests a road trip to reconnect.
Jack would rather do anything else than drive to Utah with his wife. He’s only stayed in this marriage because of a shared secret, a tragedy in the past he wanted to keep buried. And for his daughter’s sake. But Jack is finished with the charade of his marriage. He’s filing for divorce as soon as they return, no matter what.
But he doesn’t realize what else Jill is hiding.
So begins a cat-and-mouse road trip as a cunning wife—think Ripley in yoga pants—and a reluctant husband match wits and drive each other to the edge. But everything will be fine. Jill still loves Jack and believes he’s the only one for her. She’ll do anything to keep him. Anything. She always has.
Kaira Rouda is a USA TODAY and #1 Amazon and Amazon Charts bestselling author of contemporary fiction exploring beneath the surface of seemingly perfect lives. Her suspense novels include BEST DAY EVER, THE FAVORITE DAUGHTER, ALL THE DIFFERENCE, THE NEXT WIFE, SOMEBODY’S HOME, THE WIDOW, BENEATH THE SURFACE, UNDER THE PALMS, THE SECOND MRS STROM and WHAT THE NANNY SAW. Her next novel, JILL IS NOT HAPPY, is out June 10, 2025.
She lives in Southern California with her family and is at work on her next novel. Visit her webiste, KairaRouda.com for more. Connect with her on Instagram and Pinterest: @KairaRouda; and on Facebook at Kaira Rouda Books.
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