One Perfect Couple
Lyla is in a bit of a rut. Her post-doctoral research has fizzled out, she’s pretty sure they won’t extend her contract, and things with her boyfriend, Nico, an aspiring actor, aren’t going great. When the opportunity arises for Nico to join the cast of a new reality TV show, One Perfect Couple, she agrees to try out with him.
A whirlwind audition process later, Lyla finds herself whisked off to a tropical paradise with Nico, boating through the Indian Ocean towards Ever After Island, where the two of them will compete against four other couples—Bayer and Angel, Dan and Santana, Joel and Romi, and Conor and Zana—in order to win a cash prize.
But not long after they arrive on the deserted island, things start to go wrong. After the first challenge leaves everyone rattled and angry, an overnight storm takes matters from bad to worse. Cut off from the mainland by miles of ocean, deprived of their phones, and unable to contact the crew that brought them there, the group must band together for survival. As tensions run high and fresh water runs low, Lyla finds that this game show is all too real—and the stakes are life or death.
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Ruth Ware
Ruth Ware didn’t set out to become one of today’s most recognizable voices in psychological thrillers, but her path—twisting, quiet, and layered with secrets—reads a lot like the stories she writes. Raised in the English countryside, Ware grew up with a deep love for storytelling and the eerie atmosphere of old houses, shadowy woods, and whispered family legends. That sense of place and unease would later become the signature mood of her novels.
Before she became a household name for suspense readers, she worked in publishing and as a waitress, absorbing the textures of everyday life—how people speak when they’re nervous, what they hide in plain sight. Her breakout moment came with In a Dark, Dark Wood, a taut debut about a hen weekend gone horribly wrong. From there, she kept digging into the subtle horrors that unfold between friends, behind closed doors, or in places meant to feel safe—luxury cruises, cozy mountain getaways, sleek tech offices.
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