The Last Resort: A Novel
From the author of Lucky, A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK!
NAMED ONE OF 2019'S BEST BEACH READS BY Oprah Magazine - New York Post - PopSugar - The Globe and Mail
FEATURED IN Us Weekly - Parade - Hollywood Reporter - Chatelaine
"Marissa Stapley's writing is a gift."--Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author
Miles Markell is missing, and everyone is a suspect.
To the guests at The Harmony Resort, Doctors Miles and Grace Markell appear to be a perfect power couple. They run a couples' therapy retreat in a luxurious resort in the Mayan Riviera where they help spouses deal with their marriage struggles.
Johanna and Ben's relationship looks great on the surface, but in reality, they don't know each other at all. Shell and Colin fight constantly--Colin is a workaholic, and Shell always comes second--but what has really torn them apart is too devastating to talk about. When both couples begin Harmony's intensive therapy program, it becomes clear that Harmony is not all that it seems--and neither are Miles and Grace. What are they hiding, and what price will these couples pay for finding out their secrets?
As a deadly tropical storm descends on the coast, trapping the hosts and the guests on the resort, secrets are revealed, loyalties are tested and not one single person--or their marriage--will remain unchanged by what follows.
A gripping exploration of relationships and trust, The Last Resort is a propulsive read about all the big truths we hide, even from ourselves.
NAMED ONE OF 2019'S BEST BEACH READS BY Oprah Magazine - New York Post - PopSugar - The Globe and Mail
FEATURED IN Us Weekly - Parade - Hollywood Reporter - Chatelaine
"Marissa Stapley's writing is a gift."--Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author
Miles Markell is missing, and everyone is a suspect.
To the guests at The Harmony Resort, Doctors Miles and Grace Markell appear to be a perfect power couple. They run a couples' therapy retreat in a luxurious resort in the Mayan Riviera where they help spouses deal with their marriage struggles.
Johanna and Ben's relationship looks great on the surface, but in reality, they don't know each other at all. Shell and Colin fight constantly--Colin is a workaholic, and Shell always comes second--but what has really torn them apart is too devastating to talk about. When both couples begin Harmony's intensive therapy program, it becomes clear that Harmony is not all that it seems--and neither are Miles and Grace. What are they hiding, and what price will these couples pay for finding out their secrets?
As a deadly tropical storm descends on the coast, trapping the hosts and the guests on the resort, secrets are revealed, loyalties are tested and not one single person--or their marriage--will remain unchanged by what follows.
A gripping exploration of relationships and trust, The Last Resort is a propulsive read about all the big truths we hide, even from ourselves.
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Community Reviews
This book gives all the impressions of a summer beach who-dunnit but I find it poorly set up to be one. The chapter lengths are so scattered where the main parts are novel length. The book is drawn out to start but once it gets the character development, it is all over the place. This book is also not a easy read as it should come with a trigger warning for abuse as the author approaches the topics too detailed for a murder mystery. Even the ending is all over the place and seems like it's just wrapping up every storyline without resolve.
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