Book #13 : Single, K.L. Slater

 About the book:

‘I keep feeling like I’m being watched – dropping the boys off at school, choosing wine at the supermarket – but when I turn around there’s nobody there…’

When single mother Darcy’s son falls from a rope bridge at a local playground, life stands still. She clutches his small, limp body, frozen, until a pair of strong hands push her aside, and she watches as George, a local doctor, saves her son’s life.

George is a single parent too, and with his twinkling hazel eyes, easy charm, and lack of wedding band is almost too good to be true, but coffee becomes lunch, lunch becomes dinner, and soon they can’t go an evening without seeing each other. When he invites her to move into his beautiful home with its sprawling garden for her boys, Darcy doesn’t hesitate.

But as Darcy is settling in, she receives a bunch of flowers with a chilling message. George says they’re from an obsessed ex-girlfriend, Opal, and days later Opal turns up at Darcy’s son’s football match. She claims to have shocking information that could threaten George’s custody of his daughter.

Darcy doesn’t know who to trust, but she’s starting to suspect that, whatever the truth, she might have put her beloved boys into terrible danger … 

Discussion Questions: 

 What did you think of the book overall? Did you listen or physically read it? 

Who do you think the he and she are that were lying based on the cover of the book? 

Why was the book called Single, do you believe? 

What may happen if you stepped into someone else's nightmare? Would you really believe them? 

 

What did you think about the ending of the book? Did you see any of it coming? 

 

Do you think Darcy is mentally ill? Did you have sympathy for her character? Even before Joel’s death, she legally took his name and believed she was his legal wife.

 

How could Darcy believe she was married to Joel, when we learned she wasn’t? 

 

Would you have fallen for George? Do you think you would have been more ripe for manipulation after her situation with Joel? 

How could Joel maintain the secret of two entire lives? How could  in-laws even allow that? 

 

Why did the in-laws go along with Darcy believing she was married to Joelt? Could you do that, just to remain close to the grand children? 

 

Do you think it’s strange how much control the in-laws have over Darcy’s life? Should she have been that fearful to tell them about things like going away for Christmas? 

 

Would you let the in-laws see the sons again after what they did to Darcy, especially with the custody bid? 

 

How did you feel when it was revealed that Danielle was Joel’s legal wife?  

 

How did you feel when you learned George killed the twin, not Opal? 

 

What were your thoughts about Maria being Opals mother, did you suspect it? 

 

Did you think the narration about the young boy was at school? Did you think it was George and his experience at school or someone else? 

 

Do you think George would have really started a life with Daniella and Romey if things had gone to plan? 

 

Did you build trust for Daniella when she spoke with Darcy after her yoga lesson or did you see through her?  

 

What did you think about George’s manipulation? First of Rufus? First of Lucy and being told that the baby she’s going to have to pretend is hers, Opal, then of Darcy, and Daniella? 

 

Why did Daniella want to kidnap and hurt Darcy’s son? Do you think she really believed she’d have a perfect life with George? 

 

Did you have an speculation about who the secret narrator was, who was spying on George and Darcy? 

 

If you were Darcy, would you have moved you and your children in as quickly with George? 

 

Would you have trusted Daniella and gone along with the scheming as the in-laws did? 

Do you think George got what he deserved when he was passed up for the promotion? What were your thoughts when you learned he was actually on the edge of firing? Did you think he was a better man that he actually was? 

What did you think to learn that diamond bracelet give to Darcy was Lucy's?