The Runaway Wives

Written by Karen King A Heart-Warming Read ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Published by     Boldwood Books Ltd (24 Mar. 2025) Genre Later in Life Romance Pages 248 ASIN B0DNX62N8J ISBN-10 183617604X ISBN-13 978-1836176046

2025 Blog Tour #6

Today I'm taking part in a blog tour with a review of The Runaway Wives by Karen King.

As usual, I begin by thanking Rachel at Rachel's Random Resources for the invitation to join the tour, and the author, Karen King, her publisher, Boldwood Books, and Netgalley for providing me with a free digial copy to review.

The blurb:

The Runaway Wives

‘We’re leaving. And there’s nothing either of you can do about it!’

When the surprise holiday Dee thinks her husband has booked for her sixtieth birthday weekend turns out to be yet another solo golfing break – it’s the last straw.

Meanwhile her best friend Babs’s other half has decided to move to Spain and is acting like he doesn’t need to consult anyone. Not even Babs!

Well, if their husbands think they can do what they want, so can their wives. So, with that thought, the two best friends leap into Dee’s trusty car and head for the seaside, and an adventure they’ll never forget.

Back home their furious husbands want them to return immediately. But – as they begin to enjoy their newfound freedom – will either of the runaway wives ever want to come back home again?

An absolutely hilarious, uplifting, escapist story, perfect for fans of Maddie Please, Judy Leigh and Dawn French.

Fiction    Later in Life Romance    Humorous Fiction

My thoughts:

The blurb and the cover caught my attention and I was very excited to read The Runaway Wives.

The story is about two friends, Dee and Babs, who are being taken for granted in their marriages, and decide that enough is enough. To escape their current situations, they take a holiday let in Port Telwyn in Cornwall for a week. Here, they become involved with the local community, rediscover themselves and assess their futures.

I thought this was a lovely gentle read. A story of friendship, resillience, kindness to others and finally standing up for themselves.

I found the characters of Dee and Babs very likeable and relatable. Their husbands Nigel and Geoff come across as thoughtless and self-centred - but that's only the tip of the iceberg! And the community they find themselves amongst are open and welcoming, which gives the two friends pause for thought.

A delightful read that I would whole-heartedly recommend to anyone who enjoys uplifting women's fiction.

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Author Bio – Karen King

Karen King is an Amazon international bestselling author currently writing psychological suspense for Bookouture and women's fiction for Boldwood. Her sixth psychological suspense, Girl Next Door, was published on 9 July 2024 and her first 'golden years' novel for Boldwood will be published in March 2025. Karen has also had 120 children’s books, two young adult novels, and several short stories for women’s magazines published. Her early writing career was spent working on various teenage and children's magazines. Her suspense novels The Mother In Law, The Perfect Stepmother and The Stranger in my Bed and her romantic novel The Cornish Hotel by the Sea all became International Amazon bestsellers. Karen is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, the Society of Authors, the Crime Writers’ Association and the Society of Women Writers and Journalists. She now lives in Spain where she loves to spend her non-writing time exploring the quaint local towns with her husband, Dave, when she isn’t sunbathing or swimming in the pool, that is.

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