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The River House by Margaret Leroy

This story follows Ginnie Holmes, a child-psychologist based in London, who works primarily with children who have been traumatized by life experiences. Ginnie is married with two teenage daughters and on the outside it seems her life is perfect. However, her husband is an obsessive academic and Ginnie cannot remember the last time they made love. When her eldest daughter moves out of the house and goes off to college and her husband moves into her room, Ginnie suddenly realizes her relationship with her husband is worst than she thought.

She continues to be the one parent present on school nights at their youngest daughter's school and on the single event her husband finds time in his schedule to attend, he has nothing positive to say about his daughter's artwork. This further cements her distaste for the man. When Ginnie's work leads her to Detective Will Hampden, the two fall fast, engaging in a passionate affair. Soon they find a deserted house by the riverbank that becomes their meeting place and one rainy afternoon, Ginnie sees a man that looks out of place. Later when she sees him again on the evening news speaking about a wife who he claims is missing, Ginnie gets a feeling there is foul play. Eventually the woman's body is found and Ginnie must decide if she will come forward and risk exposing her secret affair with Will or keep quiet to protect her own world.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 2000+ (Present Day)
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance:
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Lover is

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Nationality

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 9 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
City? Yes
City: - London

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of hetero sex
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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