The protagonist in Fisher's latest novel puts up with something most of us couldn't stand: she gracefully accepts the fact that her husband has two other wives she doesn't know. Then she inadvertently meets and befriends one of them (revealing nothing about herself) and is shocked to notice that this wife is clearly being abused. And what about the third wife? Fisher has mostly self-published and also written a trilogy with the No. 1 New York Times best-selling Colleen Hoover; breakout time! With a 200,000-copy paperback and 10,000-copy hardcover first printing.

Fisher's latest (F*ck Marriage) has an intriguing premise: Thursday knows her husband, Seth, has two other wives. She is titillated by hearing about Seth's other relationships, although names are never revealed. But what happens when her curiosity gets the better of her, and she starts searching for the other women? The first half of the book takes us inside Thursday's mind, as she looks for her fellow wives and examines her own acceptance of her polygamous situation. She tries to understand the appeal of the other women so she can be the favorite. But it all breaks down in the second half when she's checked into a psychiatric hospital. This unsettling effect carries over to readers as the story flounders in details and sudden revelations and suffers from a violent ending that feels abrupt and unfinished. VERDICT This domestic suspense is recommended for fans of Louise Jensen's The Surrogate or Carol Goodman's The Other Mother. The language is edgy, but readers eager for a new thriller release will most likely snap this up.—Melanie Kindrachuk, Stratford P.L., Ont.

Thursday , the unreliable narrator of this engrossing psychological thriller set in the Pacific Northwest from Fisher (Folsom), tries to be the perfect wife for Seth , her perfect husband. The only problem is her awareness—and seeming acceptance—of sharing Seth with two other wives who live in another city. Her carefully constructed world begins to unravel when Thursday finds out by chance the name of one wife, Hannah, who's pregnant with Seth's child. With an internet search just a few keystrokes away, Thursday gives in to the impulse to find out about Hannah and the other wife. Her discoveries open up the disturbing possibility that Seth is hiding a dangerous secret that could affect the life of his unborn child. She resolves to meet the other wives and to save Hannah. In doing so, she forms some surprising alliances. Fisher smoothly inserts moments of self-doubt, longing, paranoia, and triumph into her unsettling narrative as she draws the reader into Thursday's conflicted and increasingly complicated life. Suspense fans will be rewarded. Agent: Jane Dystel, Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. (Dec.)