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The seasons are changing, the nights are drawing in, and suddenly I find myself reading a lot more than normal. Partly because there is nothing better than climbing under the duvet and switching off before bed, but also because my sleep hasn’t been great again at the moment. At the time of writing we are in Tier 2 covid restrictions in Solihull and its more than a little overwhelming wondering what the next few months are going to be like. Reading is a great escapism, and I’ve read a great bundle or psychological thrillers this month. Here’s my round up of what I read in October.
A Lie for a Lie by Julie Corbin
A Lie for a Lie starts with a bang. Anna Pierce, a nurse at a private school where she lives with her family (husband and two children Isabel and Noah) is accused of hitting a child. Tori, the child in question has always been a bit troubled – her Mum is an alcoholic and her Dad absent and lying has been her way to get attention. Anna has always had an outstanding reputation, so surely people would believe her and know that she would. NEVER hit a child.
Suddenly however, Anna finds herself suspended from the job she loves and being investigated by the police, She is confident it will be over soon and she can go back to work and life return to normal.
In the middle of the investigations she gets a text from Tori saying she has something important to tell her and assumes that she is going to withdraw the charges against her; but acting sensibly and concerned about aggravating the situation, she ignores the message and simply informs the police.
The next morning however, Tori is found dead, and suddenly Anna’s battle to prove her innocence becomes even harder – as its her words against Annas! What was Tori going to tell her?!
There’s no spoilers here, but this book has a number of twists and turns as we build up the back story – what really happened that night? Did Anna hit Tori? And who killed her, because if Anna didn’t, then someone else did!!
I found the pace of this book a bit slow in parts and it lacked some of the tense gripping page turning moments that I seek from a psychological thriller, however, I enjoyed the storyline and the ending which I hadn’t predicted in advance. 3/5
The Vow by Debbie Howells
The Vow introduces us to Amy, a herbalist living near Brighton. She is two weeks away from her wedding day when she gets stopped by a stranger on the street. She tells her that her life is in danger. Thinking the woman is simply a mad old lady, she ignores the message and goes home to finalise her seating plan with her fiancé, something they’ve been looking forward to for weeks.
She then receives a call from her finance Matt saying that he’s having to work late. This isn’t abnormal as his job often involves entertaining clients, but when he signs off the call with the phrase ‘take care’, her instincts start to feel that something isn’t quite right.
That night, Matt never returns home and concerned, Amy reports him missing to the police. Things then take a sudden turn when another lady reports her lover missing – a lover with the same name and same description. When the reality dawns on her that the man she was due to marry has been living a double life, she is determined to find out what has happened to Matt so she can understand the truth once and for all.
This book held a lot of promise for me. I loved the concept, the storyline and this felt like quite a unique thriller, nothing like others I have read before. The book is told between the viewpoints of Amy (fiancé) and Fiona (lover) as well as Amy’s daughter Jess and the different dialogue helps build up a tension and back story.
However, there is a lot of repetition in this book – with the same information being repeated multiple times as Amy speaks with someone else, and as a result I found myself skimming a bit. Some bits just aren’t believable either and I found the ending a little lacklustre, with some parts that I felt would be more crucial to the plot being simply glossed over or dismissed.
Sadly it didn’t blow me away as a result, but a good read none the less. 3/5
Unfollow Me by Charlotte Duckworth
When Violet Young, a huge online YouTube vlogger and influencer with over 1 million subscribers social channels disappear overnight, the GoMama message boards go crazy with speculation. Has her husband Mark hurt her? Remember that bruise she once had? Is she dead?
This book follows two of Violet’s biggest fans, both of whom are determined to find out what’s happened to her – it’s not hard to use the information that’s been shared about their lives to hunt down the truth. But is their obsession with Violet a healthy one?
I loved Unfollow Me so much I gave it its own stand alone review which you can read here.
5/5
All Your Little Lies by Marianne Holmes
Annie is invisible. She’s content enough, but she goes through life being ignored and rejected. She has very few friends, is socially awkward and always seems to make the wrong judgement, say the wrong thing or get herself into tricky situations. She longs for someone to pay her some attention, to appreciate her for who she is, but when she gets drunk at a works do and the man she thought was interested humiliates her, she finds herself acting irrationally, letting herself into his flat with the spare key she knows he leaves outside, before waking up with very little recollection of the night before.
Then when a young teenager Chloe goes missing – Annie discovers that the CCTV footage showing Chloe’s last movements has her car in the background, and the headlights are on, making Annie one of the last known people to see her. Was she abducted? Did she run away? Why can’t Annie remember? She can’t tell the police because then she’d have to admit that she was in her boss’s flat, and that she got in her car after drinking far too much alcohol! What if she was involved somehow? Is she a witness, or a suspect??
Suddenly Annie finds herself thrust into the limelight, linking up with the search party and speaking to the police about what she knows, but is she making it worse? The last things she needs is them to dig up some of the shocking secrets of her past!
I really enjoyed All Your Little Lies and although I found Annie very odd, I think she was perfectly written – this is her personality, and as the book progresses, we learn more about Annie’s childhood and her constant need for acceptance which explains some of her unorthodox behaviour.. It’s quite dark and distressing in parts.
For me the ending let this book down a little, as I ended up going from fast page turning on the edge of my seat moments to feeling somewhat disappointed and undewhelmed’ however I may simply have been expecting another twist which didn’t materialise. Overall however, I still enjoyed All Your Little Lies. 3.5/5 from me.
The Stranger in my Bed by Karen King
The Stranger in My Bed (released 23rd November 2020) tells the story of Freya and Phil – who have a turbulent relationship. Their relationship started off perfectly; a whirlwind romance, an amazing wedding and honeymoon; but then when they start a life together at home he became angry and violent, and Freya sees a side to Phil she’s never seen before. One night they have a huge row where a vase gets thrown and Phil storms out the house. Freya packs her bags ready to leave Phil for good, but then receives a phone call to say there’s been an car accident. Phil’s car has crashed into a lorry and he’s unconscious in intensive care.
When he wakes from his coma he is suffering from retrograde amnesia – he has no recollection of the last 2 years of his life – his last memory stepping off the plane when they returned from honeymoon.
Freya battles with whether she should give Phil a second chance – after all he cant remember his violent and aggressive outbursts. But when Phil returns home and elements of his history start to return, the cracks start to show again – can Phil be trusted?
One things for sure – Phil’s car crash was no accident. Someone had cut the breaks. Then the hate filled notes start to appear. But who are they for? Is Freya in danger, or is Phil?
This book has a LOT of questions posed in every chapter and you find yourself second guessing everything you read not knowing whether to believe one persons perspective over another. The dialogue shifts between Phil and Freya’s viewpoints as we learn about their history.
I enjoyed this book – the first psychological thriller from this author. I felt the twist at the end was slightly upsold, but despite that, I found the conclusion of the book to be enjoyable if not somewhat abrupt in its final moments. I should add a trigger alert as this book covers domestic violence (physical and psychological) in some detail which some readers may find upsetting.
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This was an advance review copy of Unfollow Me by Charlotte Duckworth / Querus via NetGalley.
I LOVED this Unfollow Me. As a blogger myself (albeit on a MUCH smaller scale than Influencer Violet Young), I often worry about how much I share about myself online; being careful to reveal too much about my identity and private family life.
Violet Young however is a huge online YouTube vlogger and influencer with over 1 million subscribers on her channels. She lives the picture perfect life with her husband Henry and three children, with many women logging in for her weekly vlogs and following closely her motherhood trials and tribulations from sleep deprivation to tantrums. One morning her fans logon to see her social channels have just disappeared. There’s no explanatory blog post, no instagram grid picture, NOTHING. She’s gone; and her husband Henry is carrying on as normal -smiling over sponsored cereal posts and failing to reassure her fans that she’s safe and well.
The GoMama message boards are going crazy with speculation. has he hurt her? Remember that bruise she once had? What if she’s dead? Why aren’t the press wondering where she’s gone?
In Unfollow Me we are introduced to two of Violet’s most committed followers – Lily and Yvonne, both of whom are big fans of her channels. They are completely invested in her life – Lily a single Mum with a 3 year old son, and Yvonne, a married woman struggling with infertility but desperate to conceive again after losing a child in her twenties.
It isn’t too hard to use the information Violet has shared about her life to try and find out the truth. Remember the school uniform shot she shared? The photo of her front door? The time she forgot to blur out her address on a parcel?? But is this obsession with Violet healthy. Are they really just super fans? Or is there a more sinister reason for their interest?
As the narrative swaps between Lily, Yvonne and Henry (Violet’s husband), the back stories of the characters is slowly revealed, with lots of twists, turns and unexpected detail;s emerging. I loved the ending (other reviewers haven’t).
Overall, if you’re familiar with the online world, forums, mum bloggers and such the like I think you’ll really enjoy this. Its not your traditional thriller, but I found it a really gripping read and would definitely recommend.
*trigger warning – this book does cover details of baby loss which some readers may find upsetting*
***This post contains affiliate links. These books were received as advance review copies via NetGalley***
On the run up to Christmas, there is nothing better than snuggling up inside under a blanket with your children and emersing yourself into a good book. As someone who does Christmas advent with the girls and has done since they were tiny, I am always on the look out for NEW Christmas books that truly embrace the magic of the festive season and remind us of the important things to celebrate in December.
2020 has been a really challenging year, and I am determined to make Christmas as special as possible, no matter what rules or regulations are in place at the time. The good news is there are LOADS of new book releases this season that are perfect for those cold winter nights, from preschoolers to tweens, here are the must have Christmas books for 2020 that your children can read on the run up to Christmas Eve or even unwrap under the tree. Keep checking back on this post as more of our faves will be added over the next few weeks!
Tinsel by Sibeal Pounder – released 29th October 2020 – Our Rating 5/5!
The girl who invented Christmas….
Oh my goodness, what can I say about this book! Tinsel – the girl who invented Christmas is a story of friendship, determination, family and hope, with a strong feminist vibe, bashing down gender stereotypes, reinforcing the message that girls can be strong and brave too, embracing individuality and standing up for your beliefs.
At the start of Tinsel we meet Blanche Claus, an orphan child who lives under a bridge – she hates Christmas, and normally counts down the hours, minutes and seconds until it’s over and gone for another year. One night an old lady stops her and gives her a gift – a glass bauble and when she peers inside it she can see a scene moving inside – it actually looks like its really there – but it cant be – can it?
A chance encounter leads her to meet Rinki, a child who LOVES Christmas, and they share a mince pie picnic together. Every day that follows she returns to try and find her new friend, but she’s never there, leading her to believe it was all in her imagination. Some time they are finally reunited whilst Blanche is on an important mission and their Christmas adventure truly begins.
What if every child could have a gift on Christmas Day, just like the gift that the old lady gave to her?
A book that makes you question everything you know about Christmas – what if Father Christmas didn’t create Christmas after all?? I think Tinsel is a must have for children this Christmas. It would make an awesome advent read and absolutely NEEDS to be made into a movie as this is a Netflix film that would give Christmas Chronicles a run for its money!!
Santa Jaws – Mark Sperring and Sophie Corrigan – Released 15th October 2020 – Our Rating 4.5/5
Perfect for preschoolers and full of rhyming charm…
Santa Jaws is a refreshing Christmas book with a difference. Down in the depths of the ocean, we. meet Shelly the Shark who absolutely LOVES Christmas and decides to do a good deed by setting up her very own undersea grotto for all the fishes to enjoy.
Not surprisingly they are all a little suspicious. Shelley is a shark after all. But when Sid the Squid stumbles across the grotto, she is over the moon. She’s never hung a Christmas Tree, or licked a candy cane and never built a snowman (which seems an awful shame).
Whilst somewhat taken back by Shelley’s Festive Disguise, she soon learns not to judge a book by its cover, and Sid and Shelley team up to create the perfect Christmas surprise.
A beautifully illustrated Christmas picture book with lovely rhyming prose throughout, this is a fun festive read with a difference that little ones will enjoy reading over and over again, chanting the words along with you as you read.
The Good Bear by Sarah Lean – Our Rating – 4.5/5
What a lovely book for the Winter Season. The Good Bear is sure to give you the warm and fuzzies.
12 year old Thea’s parents divorced when she was young, and as such, she doesn’t see a lot of her estranged Father. One Christmas, she is encouraged by her Mother to go and spend Christmas with him and his new family in Norway. An aspiring writer, Thea hopes that her love of writing can help rekindle their relationship as Father and Daughter and asks him for a type writer for Christmas, just like the one her Mother has.
Nervous about meeting his new family, she arrives to find that everything is so different. The children are distant and cold. there is no tree, no decorations, and everyone seems to busy and preocuppied, even her Father Henry. When she opens what she thinks is her typewriter to see a pair of blue boots inside, her heart breaks a little. Her Dad clearly doesn’t know her at all.
She storms off to explore on her own and throws off.a boot in a fit of emotional rage. When retrieving it, she discovers something truly amazing – a big brown bear that has escaped from his captors, but rather than being scared, she finds him fascinating. They develop a strong friendship and she starts to visit him every day. When hunters threaten to capture the bear, it’s up to Thea to try and save him, but can she do it alone?
A heart warming story of friendship, bravery and determination set in a Scandi world, The Good Bear is a great reminder that not everything is how it seems on the surface, and that when we work together, we really can achieve anything.
12 days of Christmas by Lara Hawthorne – Our Rating – 4/5
A classic song with seek and find pictures to die for…
This song is one of my daughter’s favourite Christmas songs, after singing it last year at her school assembly carol concert.
The classic story / song of the 12 days of Christmas with absolutely gorgeous illustrations throughout – There is so much detail within the pictures and both my girls loved the scene at the end where you had to attempt to spot them all hidden in the picture.
This book would make a great Christmas Eve box addition or one for Christmas Advent if you do it. Whilst the song may be super familiar; there is something about the illustrations that make this book one to cherish.
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The night are drawing in, the leaves are turning brown and with life still feeling incredibly surreal at times, I have fully embraced the snuggling up under a blanket with my kindle and read a fair few books this month, despite juggling working and a home schooling child again (yes really!)
Here are some of the books that have been released this month and my reviews!
The Baby Group by Caroline Corcoran
At the start of The Baby Group we are introduced to Scarlett, a 35 year old new Mum who is rapidly approaching the end of her 12 months of maternity leave and is shortly due to return to her day job in Marketing. During her maternity leave Scarlett set up a blog called Cheshire Mama, which whilst successful, hasn’t yet been monetised. As much as she’d love to stay at home longer with her daughter, she can’t afford to.
Thankfully, she has the support of her NCT group through all of the emotions of leaving her baby in childcare. 4 strangers bought together by the timing of their babies arrival. they quickly became close friends and support each other through all of life’s up and downs with a young baby.
But on her first day back in the office, her life gets turned upside down. She arrives to a frosty reception, with guarded hellos and avoiding eyes, only to be pulled into the office by her boss. Assuming she’s about to be made redundant, she gets an even bigger shock when she learns that a sex tape of her with two men, taken some years ago has been circulated on the internet. Not only that, it appears that literally every one she knows has seen it – all her colleagues, her sister, her DAD! She is mortified, and through humiliation decides to leave the job she loves.
The only people who weren’t made of the sex tape are her new NCT friends, presumably because they are only a recent addition in her life.
From this point onwards, the narrative of the book switches between Scarlett and Anon (the person who shared the video), and slowly but surely the detail of who shared the sex tape and why are pieced together, with lots of twists, turns and unexpected revelations along the way. Scarlett hires a lawyer to assist her, but this opens more questions about her relationships – both with her husband and the people she thought were her friends.
This was a very different ‘thriller’ to the kind I am used to, and for me personally, lacked a bit of the fast pace and ‘darkness’ that I was hoping for. The emotions, feelings and experiences side is explained in detail throughout, and I did at times find myself skim reading a little willing it to hurry up a bit, I like rapid twists and turns, and for me, this was a bit of slow burner.
The second half of the book did however capture my attention much more, and I found the last few chapters with some unexpected twists at the end to be a great conclusion.
Overall, The Baby Group was an enjoyable read, but perhaps with a little less grit than my usual.
Rating 3 out of 5
The Child Behind The Wall by Steve Parker
First up, I have to admit I didn’t realise at the point of requesting that this was Book 6 in a series, so my first ever experience of the main characters – detectives Ray Patterson and Johnny Clocks. I don’t think it is necessary to have read the others (it works well as a stand alone), however presumably you would have a bit more back story and awareness of the characters and their traits had you read the others.
The Child Behind the Wall starts with a bang – the scene of a suspected burglary; but what the two officers find inside the house defies any of their expectations. A man lays dead on the floor, a knife in his back. and a small woman stands over his body, wearing his face as a mask. She is highly volatile and distressed, lashes out, killing one supporting officer and seriously injuring another. She claims to hear singing, and says that the childmaker is coming.
What follows is a truly grizzly discovery, in that this house holds some fairly horrific discoveries as well as a room behind a hidden wall in the basement. The plot of this crime is NOT for the faint hearted, so if you’re of a nervous disposition, you may want to give this one a miss. It’s really quite shocking in some of the narrative.
Patterson and Clocks find themselves thrown into a race against time to find the childmaker; especially when he starts making threatening phone calls to the station towards Patterson himself.
There will be no spoilers here, but the crime investigation is fast paced, action filled and has lots of twists and turns and I found myself willed to keep on reading and learn what happened next. I will be honest in that I felt at times like the crime didn’t need to be quite as brutal as it was. It. makes hard reading in parts, and I felt that even without it being quite so extreme the book would have worked just as well.
The characters have a great friendship and a hell of a lot of banter, but if you are a feminist, the way they speak towards women and the use of words like ‘love’ may start to grate after a while. There is lots of masculine bravado and jostling for authority and I did find myself laughing at some of the cockney dialect throughout.
Overall I enjoyed my first experience of Steve Parker, a well written crime / thriller with a back story and fab ending – however a bit too extreme for me and for that reason I’d struggle to recommend it to friends.
Overall Rating – 3 out of 5
The Neighbours by Hannah Mary McKinnon
At the start of The Neighbours we meet Abby, who is in her 20s and has been dealt a bad hand. Her Dad walked out on their family and her boyfriend just dumped her on New Years Eve. Then she meets Liam, and her world is turned up side down. They are young and in love and life seems pretty perfect.
Then one night after a night on the town with her brother, she is involved in a car accident that kills her brother. She blames herself – she had been drinking, and vows that she doesn’t deserve to be happy ever again, walking away from the man she loved most in the world.
Where I wish I was now!
Fast forward 20 years and she’s in a relationship with Nate, the man who was first on the scene of the car accident and who has doted upon her ever since. They are happily married with a teenage daughter and when new neighbours move in next-door, Nate is hopeful that they can be good friends,
However in an ironic twist of fate, the man that moves in next-door with his family is none other than Liam – Abby’s first true love from all those years ago. The physical attraction and pull to each other is as strong as ever; but they try their hardest to stay away from each other; to protect their new partners and children from the secrets of their past.
The story is told through multiple points of view – that of Abby, her husband Nate and their teenage daughter Sarah, and flicks between two different points of time – THEN and NOW. As the story develops, we learn more and more about the history between Abby and Liam and undercover even more secrets and lies.
I guessed part of the storyline fairly early on (the hints were fairly strong) however this lulled me into a false sense of security. So certain was I that this book had a predictable ending that the other twists and the final chapters in particular completely took me off guard and caught me totally by surprise! A definite ‘woah” moment with some real shocks and gasp moments towards the end.
The Neighbours was fast paced and dramatic, full of twists and turns and I read it from cover to cover in less than 24 hours. I always judge a book by how often I find myself thinking about it once its over, and I thought about The Neighbours a lot – wondering what might have happened if things had turned out differently.
With underlying themes of trust, love, lust and betrayal, this book is very hard to put down. I will definitely be seeking out more books from Hannah Mary McKinnon.
Overall Rating – 4 out of 5
What are Friends For? by Lizzie O’Hagen
Ahh what can I say about this book – I absolutely loved it. My previous read had been a fairly dark crime / thriller and as such, I was desperate for something a little more light hearted and romantic – a classic chick lit if you will – and What Are Friends For was just the ticket! I found myself smiling and laughing all the way through. If you are a fan of Sophie Kinsella’s books such as Can You Keep a Secret you’ll love this.
What Are Friends For?tells the story of Becky and Tom – both serial daters who have been swiping right for months, going on lots of dates, but ultimately always ending up with someone who isn’t right for them. Queue lots of awkward hangovers and mornings after the night before. It is starting to look like they’ll never meet ‘the one’ – that is until their friends step in to help.
Image courtesy of the author @LizzieOHagan1 on Twitter
Becky’s best mate Eve helps Becky update her online profile to try and attract someone who would be perfect for her, but little does she realise she is actually describing herself. Meanwhile in Tom’s flat, his best mate Max is doing exactly the same, tweaking Tom’s profile with elements of his own personality.
Two two end up matched and agree to go on a date; but in order to keep some of the pretence from the profiles alive, the best friends Max and Eve end up messaging through the app, pretending to be their friends. Little do they realise that as this communication builds, they start to develop feelings of their own – for what they think is their best friends date!
You can of course see where this is going right from the outset; so whilst the plot is of course very predictable, there are also lots of sub plots and details to this story including Eve’s relationship with her Dad, her career challenges and Max’s guilt over the loss of his grandma, and his compensating relationship with an elderly Alzheimers sufferer Peggy.
Watching the story unfold is really enjoyable, and I did really laugh when some of the facades started to slip.
The ending is just perfect and I could so see this book being made into a movie – definitely one I would watch with a blanket and a tub of Ben and Jerrys after a rubbish day.
If you like a bit of happy escapism, romance and a chilled out Sunday read this is the ideal choice!
Overall Rating 5 out of 5!
With October starting wet and windy, I have a feeling there will be lots more books to come in October!
AD – We received an advance review copy of The List Carys Jones. This post contains affiliate links.
When I first read the synopsis of The List by Carys Jones, it sounded right up my street, a dark psychological thriller with quite a unique storyline – I was looking forward to seeing how the plot unravelled.
The List tells the story of Beth Belmont. She is a bit of a loner. She lives with her partner Josh, and we learn very quickly that Beth is a very anxious and paranoid individual. She struggles with her sleep, waking regularly from dark and vivid nightmares.
Apart from her day job working at the local cinema, she only leaves the house to go for her daily run through the woods, which she knows like the back of her hand, every twist and turn done on auto pilot.
One day however, her usual routine changes her life in an instant. Whilst running, she spots something white on the ground in front of her and stops to pick it up. The List. A small scrap of paper with a list of 5 names – one of which is hers. The other names mean absolutely nothing to her; but who are these strangers? Why did the person who wrote this list know her? Is this list a coincidence, a different Beth Belmont perhaps, or is this something more sinister? Josh tells her she is being paranoid; but her gut tells her that the presence of her name on that list is something bad, and she decides to try and learn more about the other 4 strangers on the list.
After googling and delving into the past of the individuals on the list she soon discovers that the first two names on the list are dead. The first drowned and the second died in a house fire. Her name is third on the list. Is she next? Is someone after her? What does fate have in store for her?
I will be honest, The List Carys Jones isn’t what I expected it to be. Its a very slow burner, and I didn’t find it as gripping or as page-turning as I had hoped. Because of this I found that I didn’t read it as quickly as I do normally, and didn’t experience the same pull to pick up my kindle than I have with some other books in this genre.
That said, I really like the way this book is written – told through three different perspectives – Beth, the person who wrote the list and a young teenage girl called Ruby, At first these different narratives is a little confusing, largely because it isn’t apparent straight away who is who or the role they play in the plot, but soon, the changing perspectives become really useful and help builds up a dark and disturbing back story.
The List Carys Jones isn’t an easy read – there are some quite brutal elements to the story line and its very dark in parts; even more so because it is something I can imagine almost being real. There are some twists and surprises along the way, but I was left a little deflated and hoping for something more at the end.
Overall, The List by Carys Jones was not what I expected, but a good read none the less.
The Bride by Wendy Clarke is one of the best psychological thrillers I have read in a long time.
I read this book from cover to cover in less than 24 hours, unable to put it down, sucked in right from the outset with the prologue which grasped my attention and encouraged me to read on.
The Bride is packed full of twists, turns, and suspense that left me second-guessing my own predictions throughout the entire book and kept me hooked the whole way through, right until the ending, which was an unexpected and perfect conclusion.
The Bride tells the story of Alice and Joanna – best friends that haven’t seen each other in 10 years but spent every living moment together when they were young.
In the present day, Alice’s life has hit rock bottom. Her fiancé has left her for another woman, and she’s lost her job as a teacher. Her Mum passed away when she was young, and her Dad has a new partner, neither of whom seem to want to know her.
She’s feeling incredibly low, when out of the blue she receives a text from Joanna – announcing that she’s getting married!! She has only known her fiancé a month, and she wants to get Alice’s blessing!
With nothing to stop her, and desperate to see her friend after all these years, Alice drives down to see her and her fiancé, but when she arrives at their lavish apartment, Joanna isn’t there. She is MISSING.
Mark, her fiancé seems worries sick and asks for Alice’s help to find her, but can he be trusted? Where IS her best friend and is her fiancé the hospitable gentleman he seems?!
I really enjoyed The Bride. It’s been a long time since I have read a book that captivated me quite so much.
I will definitely be checking out Wendy’s other releases – What She Saw and We Were Sisters, having never read any of her novels before.
*I was sent this book via Netgalley for my honest review
Hi, I’m Lucy, a thirty something mum of two from Birmingham. A memory maker, tradition keeper, stationery addict and Mr Men fanatic. HR Advisor by day and sleep deprived Mama by night!
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