Written by B.A. Paris, Behind Closed Doors is a thriller that you will not be able to put down. The far too common love story that starts out way too perfect to be true continues on only to worse times. As it begins, it is your beautifully crafted love story that would have anyone jealous.
We have Grace and Jack who fall in love at first sight with each other. After a few weeks of dating, he starts suggesting her do various things that he needs her to do such as quit her job. Grace has a sister with down syndrome, Millie, who is her world. You soon discover that their marriage is not so perfect after all.
B.A. Paris way of going from past to present and back to past throughout the whole book gives the reader a sense that Grace and Jack’s relationship. Her descriptive manner of writing lets the reader be in Grace’s shoes, feel what Grace is feeling. The reader is able to sense every little fear and punishment Grace goes through.
From the beginning of the book, Paris gives Jack a controlling tone that you do not realize until after you discover what he is doing to Grace. He is your typical controlling psychopath that puts up a facade to the world while being secretly evil. Jack clings onto the most important thing in Grace’s life, Millie, to keep her under his belt. Grace would do anything for Millie, even live under the same roof a man who could potentially kill her.
This book keeps you on your toes the whole time you are reading it. B.A. Paris alludes a lot to women who are suffering or have suffered from domestic violence or psychological abuse. Being a fiction book, it might be far fetched, but you cannot rule situations like this out because, believe it or not, they happen.
If you are looking for your next read, this should be number one on your list.
