The Wives of Ashberry Park

By: Shanika Roach

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

Welcome to Ashberry Park, an elite and luxurious community in San Francisco, California where five wives have formed a friendship and help each other through the challenges in their lives.

Blair and Landon Adams have built an extravagant life together. Landon is the owner of Adams’s Oil Company with franchises all over the country. Blair started a foundation, Queens in the Making, that helps young women receive scholarships and job opportunities. They have two children in college, Jeremy and Nova. Blair is proud of the success she and Landon have, but when Landon starts spending most of his time in Texas, it puts a strain on their marriage. Blair is in denial about a problem she has and not even her husband, kids, or her friends can get her to see it. What will it take for Blair to confront her problem?

Jillian has a thriving real estate firm and has a great marriage of five years to her husband, Hudson Roberson, director of Shelman University. But their marriage is faced with an obstacle when Hudson becomes distant. When Jillian finds out the reason for Hudson’s behavior, it makes her question everything about their marriage.

Sage is the owner of Precious Stone Magazine and her husband, Vincent Montgomery, has his own network, VSM. Together, they are a power couple. They have a beautiful ten-year-old daughter, Ariel, but Vincent’s philandering ways throughout their marriage have put a damper on their union. Vincent promises Sage he will never cheat on her again and all is well, until Vincent is involved in another public scandal. Sage is fed up with the humiliation Vincent has put her through. Vincent claims he’s innocent this time, but does Sage have it in her to stand by Vincent through another public scandal?

Charity and Easton Harris are both successful surgeons. They have busy careers and don’t have a lot of time to spend with their twelve-year-old daughter, Genesis. Charity leans on her mother to help them care for her daughter. Conflict arises between Charity and Easton about an incident at work but when a tragic event occurs, it makes Charity and Easton question what is most important in life.

Kenzie, a receptionist at a clinic, is new to the circle and has recently married Matthew Phillips, a prominent plastic surgeon. She is overjoyed at the new life Matthew has given her but feels insecure in the circle because she is younger and not as successful as the other wives. She feels like an outsider because Matthew was once married to their good friend, Violet, a chemist with her own perfume line. His fourteen-year-old daughter, Natalia, doesn’t respect her and she feels as if she’s living in his ex-wife's shadow. Kenzie feels like she should have achieved more in her life and wants to go to college. When Kenzie doesn’t feel like she is getting the support from Matthew she deserves, she seeks comfort elsewhere, and this may cause her to lose it all.

So much potential

This book had so much potential. Story was interesting and entertaining. However the narration was absolutely horrible. I struggled to finish.

Great story

This was a book I couldn’t put down!! Can’t wait to start book 2!! Kenzie baby are you still with us?!!