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The Perfect Stepmother- Karen King -Psychological thriller

Lily lost her mother less than a year ago to cancer. Her father and small

sister Emma live a short distance from Lily and her boyfriend Seb. When

her mother was ill, she really enjoyed treatments from Maria who owns

a beauty salon and does free treatments for cancer patients once a week.

Lily sees Maria rather closer to her father than just a friend. When things

move rather faster than Lily would like she is protective over not only her

father but little Emma too but does realise that life moves on and her

father is entitled to his own life and relationship. Maria is overly protective

of Emma, something Lily quickly picked up on and when Maria goes

white when a strange note is hand delivered, Lily wants to find out more

about Marias past life- she has said nothing about family or even friends.

We begin with Emma supposedly in the garden and then chapters work

back from Lily seeing her father with Maria to when Emma is missing.

A book that had me on edge- in a good way- one where you just know

there is something not quite right- that certain something missing.

To me the skill of a good writer is to be able to  build the tension and

keep the pages turning when for the most part it’s the story of the

formation of a new family but there is the cloud of that little piece

of the jigsaw missing. A very well thought out plot with twists along

the way. A highly enjoyable read.

For more reviews please see my blog http://nickibookblog.blogspot.co.uk/

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Author:      Karen King  

Book:                   The Perfect Stepmother
 
Publication Day:  June 17th 2021
 
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Description:
 
She seems too good to be true. And now she lives in your home…

Lily wants to be happy for her father when he tells her he’s getting married again. Even if it feels too soon after the death of Lily’s mother.

He’s madly in love with Maria. And he thinks she’s going to the perfect stepmother to Lily’s much-younger sister, Emma. And perhaps he’s right. Because no one seems to have a bad word to say about Maria.

It’s only Lily who can’t trust her. Who thinks no one is that perfect. Who notices no one had ever heard of Maria until exactly ten years before.

And then Emma goes missing…

A totally gripping and unmissable psychological suspense novel about dark family secrets, perfect for fans of Shalini Boland, Claire McGowan and Gone Girl.
 
Author Bio:




 
Karen King is a multi-published bestselling author of fiction for both adults and children. She has also written several short stories for women's magazines.

Currently published by Bookouture and Headline. Karen has recently signed a two-book deal with Bookouture to write psychological thrillers. The first one will be out in November, and the second one in 2021. She is also contracted to write three romance novels for Headline, which will be out in 2021 and 2022

Author Social Media Links
 
FACEBOOK:  https://www.facebook.com/KarenKingAuthor
TWITTER:   https://twitter.com/karen_king
 



 

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