Cross My Heart

Though she works at her parent’s bridal shop, Rosie hasn’t floated down the aisle in a white dress herself. Not that she doesn’t own one: she’s recovering from the heartbreak of getting as far as buying her dream creation, only to be rejected. It’s been a tough time emotionally and physically since Brad became the latest man to find Rosie “just too much.” She’s even had a heart transplant, and joins DonorConnect, a service that allows her to write anonymously to Morgan, the husband of Daphne, the woman whose accidental death saved Rosie’s life. Their discussions quickly—alarmingly so—become deep and revealing, and confirming her “too much” reputation, we soon see Rosie bumping into famous-author Morgan oh-so-accidentally in a cafe. At the same time, readers are getting hints that Morgan might not be as wonderful as Rosie at first thought. Combine a possibly unreliable narrator with a wow twist and side characters with shady motivations and you’ve got Collins’s compelling latest. One for Gillian Flynn’s many fans.