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Reviewed by Brenda Ballard for Readers' Favorite
Dorothy Koomson's The Woman He Loved Before is one of those stories that you might read about in your local newspaper. Libby Rabvena and Jack Britcham didn't have that 'first love-sparks flying' in a good way upon first meeting. He was a jerk and she had no problem letting him know it. His persistence in chasing her until she finally allows him into her life proves to be love after all. A short courtship and they are married. The only problem is that he is still deeply smitten with his deceased first wife..and has a bagful of secrets that he intends to keep hidden. Eve's death was an accident, but there are those who believe it was murder. When Libby and Jack are in a horrible car accident, Libby spends her time healing and digging into the past and who Eve was. The secrets that spill from the pages of her once well-hidden diary open Libby's eyes to the possibility that the man she married is not the man she thought. What is unleashed by her discovery will alter her future and potentially not in a good way.
The moment I started listening to Dorothy Koomson's audio book, The Woman He Loved Before, I was hooked. The prologue itself is enough to make you park somewhere or extend your road trip so you do not have any time gaps in between. The author does an amazing job leading the reader quickly and efficiently to the gist of the story, then pulls the rug out from under him/her with a plot twist that causes some rethinking about what will happen next. Don't even try...Dorothy Koomson will surprise even the best ending-guessers!
