Wife Number One

Saint View Slayers vs. Sinners, Book 1

De: Elle Thorpe

Narrado por: Sean Crisden, Michelle Price, Lee Samuels, E.M. Wylde, Troy Duran

Forced to marry a notorious cult leader, I became wife number one.

The other women watch me with envy, but they know nothing of the beatings and punishments I endure. He hides them with a veil. One I must wear until I give him a son.

But when I fail, he threatens the only good things in my life. My sister, Alice, and the daughter he ripped from my arms for another family to raise.

I thought running back to Saint View would save us. I thought wrong.

Now my sister is dead, left strangled in an alleyway, and my ex-husband isn’t the only suspect.

To catch a killer, I move in with the local biker gang that promises to keep us safe. But my new life as a single mom delivers more than I ever could have bargained for, and three men I never saw coming.

Hawk, the club VP who doesn’t want me there. Except his green eyes flicker with desire at every curve of my plus size body.

Chaos, ex-gang leader and part owner of an after-hours nightclub. The connection between us is undeniable, except for one small problem. He’s Hawk’s sworn enemy, so completely off-limits.

And Grayson, the doctor who couldn’t save his wife from a brutal attack. He’s funny and sweet but has his own desperate reasons for wanting the killer found.

With every lie we uncover, every secret we expose, the danger mounts. Until there’s only one thing we know for sure.

The killer is still out there. And we’re his next targets.

Wife Number One is a why choose romance, meaning the main character has more than one love interest. This book contains romantic suspense / dark themes that may trigger some listeners. It is the first book in a trilogy.

©2024 Elle Thorpe Pty Ltd (P)2024 Elle Thorpe Pty Ltd

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absolutely loved this book. devoured it in a day. All the narrators were absolutely amazing. I highly recommend it. she never disappoints.

Captured my attention from beginning to end

As much as I dislike cliffhangers, I held onto every scene and can't wait to hear what happens in part two

Love it!!

Love this whole world and couldn't wait for this book. It did not disappoint! Always really enjoy her writing and the dual narration style.

HOLY SHYT

when I tell you this book knocked me on my butt... every plot twist every turn in this story is so so good. the characters, the setup that is happening for the next two books... I am floored. the spice is spicy, the story is so complex and deep, I cannot recommend it enough!

another amazing book

I LOVE all of the books in this universe.... all of them. I cannot wait to devour the rest in this set.

Love this story

I love this story so much. Didn’t care for the audio version though. The male narrators are perfect & really enjoyed, but the female narrator kind of over dramatized & listening to the fake crying voice just came off whiny- for 90% of her performance. Such a lovely series overall!

great book! cannot wait for 2

I like the story and I'm excited to hear what happens but I did get frustrated that some of the mail characters were harder to distinguish from each other. I will certainly read book 2!

I like the Suspense

This book kept me on my toes love all the characters but FMC is a horrible mother 🤦🏾‍♀️ ain’t no way a man could take my child away from me.. and she kept trying to put the little girl in more danger, she is very selfish and not so smart

Amazing!!

Book kept me intrigued the whole time! unique storyline for a MC book and I liked it... Lots of steam too. Fantastic narration with a full cast! I need book 2 pleasssseee...

🎧 Wife Number One by Elle Thorpe – “Trope Buffet on Steroids”

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Ok, Wife Number One is… a lot. Like a whole buffet of tropes where you want to pile everything on your plate but halfway through you’re wondering how you’re going to finish.

We meet Kara, stuck in a cult with her family after already surviving one nightmare: being trafficked and impregnated by a man she once dated. Her daughter ends up living with another woman in the commune, while Kara is forced into marriage with the cult leader. (Yes, we’re already sweating.)

Enter Hayden—aka Chaos—the reformed biker who once saved Kara and delivered her baby, forging a deep (if undefined) connection with her. Then there’s Hawk, VP of a rival biker gang, who has always had a quiet crush on Kara but wrote her off as a “church mouse.” Their banter is hilarious, their chemistry sizzles, and Hawk is ready to hang up his playboy ways to make her his old lady.

But here’s the kicker: Hayden isn’t dead. Hawk knows it. Kara doesn’t. Cue love triangle tension, cult members hunting her down, a traumatized daughter who won’t talk to her, and oh—there might be a serial killer lurking around too. Phew. Are you tired yet? Because I was.

The good: Hawk was a solid character with charm, grit, and a real protective streak. The biker banter was gold. The overall storyline kept me turning pages.
The not-so-good: Kara’s cult-raised fragility sometimes made me cringe with secondhand embarrassment, and the “trope sampler platter” meant nothing ever quite had room to breathe.

🎧 Audiobook Note: The full cast narration with duet-style delivery was fantastic. It brought the chaos to life and made the story feel like a gritty drama series you couldn’t look away from.

Overall: 4 stars, 2 spice. Messy, dramatic, entertaining—but not a series I feel the urge to binge immediately.