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Books like Verity

For books like Verity, start with the part of Lowen's situation that interested you. The Housemaid offers another job inside a private home. Rock Paper Scissors connects a marriage to annual letters. Behind Closed Doors focuses on what outsiders cannot see in a couple's life.

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About Verity by Colleen Hoover

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Choose between an employee's access to a household, a marriage with a written history, and a home that looks better from outside.

Suggested books compared by setting, central relationship and what to choose each one for
BookSettingCentral relationshipChoose it for
The HousemaidFreida McFaddenThe wealthy Winchester family's homeA live-in housemaid and her employersA newcomer whose work brings her close to family secrets
Rock Paper ScissorsAlice FeeneyA snowy weekend away in ScotlandA married couple with a history told through lettersWritten secrets and a relationship under strain
Behind Closed DoorsB. A. ParisA polished home admired by the couple's guestsHusband and wife, Jack and GraceThe difference between a marriage's public and private life
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden, paperback cover
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The Housemaid

by Freida McFadden

Paperback edition

  • Published
  • 336 pages

Secrets at home

Why this connection?
Like Lowen, the housemaid enters a family's private world because of a job. That makes this the closest starting point here if you want another outsider learning what daily life inside a home reveals.
What is different?
Her work is household care rather than writing, and she has secrets of her own. Choose this for the employee-and-family setup; the unfinished manuscript is specific to Verity.
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Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney, paperback cover
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Rock Paper Scissors

by Alice Feeney

Paperback edition

  • Published
  • 320 pages

A puzzle to unravel

Why this connection?
Try this for a marriage with a written history. Annual letters sit alongside Adam and Amelia's Scottish trip, making the relationship's past part of the question you follow.
What is different?
The couple takes the trip together; there is no hired writer entering their home. It is a closer match for marital secrets and documents than for Lowen's outsider position or attraction to Jeremy.
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Behind Closed Doors

by B. A. Paris

Secrets at home

Why this connection?
Pick this if Verity left you wanting another look behind a family's comfortable appearance. Grace's everyday independence is hard to reconcile with the enviable marriage their guests see.
What is different?
The tension belongs to the marriage itself, rather than to someone deciding what to do with a manuscript. Choose it for the gap between public appearances and life inside the home.
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