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"I dare you not to read Randy Susan Meyers' The Widow of Wall Street in one big gulp. What is it like to be married to a disgraced wolf of Wall Street, and how do you survive the aftermath of a scandal? Meyers answers the question with a fascinating page turner that somehow manages both to indict and absolve."--Melanie Benjamin, New York Times Bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue

"Randy Susan Meyers' new novel explores the consequence of deception within a marriage driven by ambition and greed. The Widow of Wall Street is full of robust characters, scandal, and heartbreak. A riveting and engrossing read that I finished in one greedy gulp."
--Alyson Richman, bestselling author of The Lost Wife

"I'll be honest: High finance isn't my thing and I worried I wouldn't be able to get into The Widow of Wall Street. How wrong I was! With all the suspense of a thriller, The Widow of Wall Street quickly pulled me into the story and didn't let me go until the last page. Randy Susan Meyers made me feel, on a visceral level, the giddiness of Phoebe and Jake's rise to power and the mounting panic as their lives and marriage begin to crumble. Brilliantly executed and beautifully written, The Widow of Wall Street should have wide appeal."--Diane Chamberlain, USA Today bestselling author of Pretending to Dance

"As this compelling story unfolds, you realize nothing is as uncomplicated as it seems."--Associated Press

"A ripped-from-the-headlines story about love, ambition, and forgiveness."--PopSugar

"Compelling. This is a great read . . . An engrossing emotional journey."
--Kirkus Reviews

"An intoxicating look into the heartbreak and deceit that exist behind the curtain of a shattered family...Meyers is a skilled writer, giving depth and painting a vivid picture from start to finish. Her writing draws readers into the book as if they lived it."--RT Book Reviews

"Full of deceit, scandal, and guilt, her novel expertly explores how rising to the top only to hit rock bottom affects a family. The consequences will leave readers reeling."--Library Journal

"When Phoebe and Jake Pierce meet as teenagers, she knows he's someone on the way up, and she wants to be there as he climbs the Wall Street ladder. He gets everything he ever wanted. When it turns out that Jake's success rests on a huge Ponzi scheme, Phoebe has to make an excruciating choice."
--New York Post 'Must Read Books'

"Randy Susan Meyers borrowed a real-life story for the building blocks of her fourth novel, "The Widow of Wall Street," which chronicles a couple's marriage as they amass great wealth and then lose it all when the husband is revealed to have committed financial fraud . . . . heartbreaking."
--The Boston Globe

The seemingly blind love of a wife for her husband as he conquers Wall Street, and her extraordinary, perhaps foolish, loyalty during his precipitous fall, is expertly explored in this “ripped-from-the-headlines story about love, ambition, and forgiveness” (PopSugar)—perfect for fans of the TV show Billions.

Phoebe recognizes fire in Jake Pierce’s belly from the moment they meet as teenagers. After they marry and he creates a financial dynasty, she trusts him without hesitation—unaware his hunger for success hides a dark talent for deception.

But when Phoebe learns her husband’s triumph and vast reach rests on an elaborate Ponzi scheme, her world unravels. While Jake is trapped in the web of his deceit, Phoebe is caught facing an unbearable choice. Her children refuse to see her if she remains at their father’s side, but abandoning him feels cruel and impossible.

From penthouse to prison, with tragic consequences rippling well beyond Wall Street, Randy Susan Meyers’s latest novel exposes a woman struggling to survive and then redefine her life as her world crumbles. “An engrossing emotional journey” (Kirkus Reviews) and USA TODAY bestselling author Diane Chamberlain raves, “With all the suspense of a thriller, The Widow of Wall Street quickly pulled me into the story and didn’t let me go until the last page.”