Acrimony: In Tyler Perry's sexy and electrifying thriller, a faithful wife (Taraji P. Henson) is driven over the edge when it becomes clear she has been betrayed by
her devious husband.
A faithful wife (Oscar ® nominee Taraji P. Henson) tired of standing by
her devious husband (Lyriq Bent) is enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed.
Many times
a devious husband will obtain an erroneous or a deflated appraisal that is based on undervalued comparables, and that drastically lowers the value of the marital home.
In some cases,
a devious husband may use economic pressure or threats of physical violence to force a spouse to sign a separation agreement.
Not exact matches
At the same time, women's resentment at being used gives rise in them to feelings of hostility which may prompt them to manipulate their
husbands in
devious ways and to exercise over their children a dominance that harms the latter psychologically.
Add to all of that Amber's
devious plot to steal away Daphne's
husband (with some twists that I can not mention, since that would be giving away major plot spoilers), and, here too, the authors grab the reader with just the right amount of suspense to turn this into a real psychological thriller, but it is also not overly heavy or dark, making it all the more readable.