Pretty Dolls and Hand Grenades

In Cara Reinard's Pretty Dolls and Hand Grenades, this domestic suspense is so compelling and down to the nitty-gritty with real good drama. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. For CeCe Laramie, her perfect world had started to slip away from her. When she learned her husband Mitchell was having an affair with his younger red-haired assistant, she almost flipped her lid. Besides her marital troubles, she's been having blackouts, panic attacks, and a severe case of OCD. Her daughter Josie has an eating disorder, and her son Camdyn is fascinated with violent video games. She almost had it all, until he wanted a divorce to be with her.  Then she lost her friends and he had cut her off financially when she decided to get a job at the local coffee shop to lend a hand in the expenses. When she had thought of a way to bring them together, Mitchell believed she was lying.  But it didn't explain those headaches when she had blacked out. That's when she met a mystery Russian woman named "Dinah" who wanted to help her out since she had been wronged too. With secret meetings, they came up with a plan to bring her husband back to her and to drive his mistress away. But with every plot of revenge, she never thought it would get too far and real dangerous without getting anyone hurt or killed. As long as he had an alibi for each act, no one would suspect her of any wrong-doing.  At the end, when things come to a head, she learned who "Dinah" really was and had she kept the secret with an explosive happy ending.

This was a great and intriguing domestic suspense.  I did care for Cece and had she tried her best to keep her family together, while they were splitting apart. I did get a bit worried about her with her OCD and her blackouts, and how she put on a brave face on for her two kids. I didn't like Katelyn too much either. I did like the NYC and New Jersey dual locations and the compelling scenic scenes from start to finish. This would make you want to shake your head, gasp, and hang on tight, when it's loaded with non-stop action, drama, suspense and tons of mystery on every page.

Will you give Pretty Dolls and Hand Grenades a read today?