Blog Tour - Don’t Trust Him

 

Publication date 3rd April 2025

Amazon UK

About the Book

His ex is missing. Am I next?

Charlie takes my breath away from the moment we meet, when he is dropping his adorable little girls off at the school gates at the same time as I’m waving goodbye to my son. Being a single mother has been hard. So when his gorgeous green-blue eyes hold mine and his lips curve into a smile I wonder if this is my chance to find happiness and escape the secrets in my past.

Charlie and I connect on the deepest level – talking late into the night in the stunning home his mother Alice gave him. For a long time, it’s been me and my seven-year-old son Liam against the world but soon I’m falling for this handsome man. He promises to be honest with me and, in my gut, I trust him.

As he gives me a lift to work one morning, Charlie shares his heartbreak: his ex-wife found another man, abandoned her daughters and never looked back. That’s why Alice finds it so hard to accept me, the new woman in her precious son’s life. I hope I can win her over, and that she’ll never find out the truth about what I did…

Then I discover his ex-wife Lynn’s journal hidden away in his house with a sapphire ring and a silk scarf. My stomach twists as I sense something is very wrong.

When someone walks into the room behind me, my heart plummets and I turn to face them. I think something awful happened to Lynn. But who is telling the truth – my new boyfriend, his ex-wife or his mother? And can I escape with my precious son before it is too late?

A nail-biting page-turner with a gasp-out-loud reveal. Perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, K.L. Slater and Jackie Kabler.

My Review

What an extremely gripping read. This had me on the edge of my seat. I was frightened for Sarah, I dreaded what was going to happen next for her. I had to keep reading I couldn’t put this down, I needed to know if Sarah was going to be ok. 

Absolutely full of twists you will definitely not see them coming. My heart was pounding so hard in fear. 

Once you pick this up you will be hooked!

About the Author

Karen King is an Amazon international bestselling author of psychological suspense and women's fiction. Her 7th psychological suspense novel, Don't Trust Him, is out now, from Bookouture and her 'golden years' novel, The Runaway Wives, will be published by Boldwood on 24th March 2025. This will be her 12th woman's fiction novel.

Karen has also had 120 children’s books, two young adult novels, and several short stories for women’s magazines published. Her early writing career was spent working on various teenage and children's magazines. Her suspense novels The Mother In Law, The Perfect Stepmother and The Stranger in my Bed and her romantic novel The Cornish Hotel by the Sea all became International Amazon bestsellers.

Karen is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, the Society of Authors, the Crime Writers’ Association and the Society of Women Writers and Journalists.

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Blog Tour - Then She Vanished

 

Publication date 17th March 2025

Amazon UK

About the book

It’s dark as the young woman leaves work. Crossing the empty car park alone, she thinks about the warmth of her little house. But she doesn’t make it home that night. Or ever again…

Thirty years ago, Ruth Pritchard’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Elissa, went missing. Police were called, neighbours were interviewed, and even Ruth’s own husband was investigated, but the case went unsolved. Elissa disappeared forever.

Now, Ruth watches the local news and hears about another girl gone from the same streets where her beloved daughter was last seen, and her heart races. A distinctive red scarf was found at a crime scene, and she recognises it instantly. It belonged to Elissa.

After Ruth alerts the police, they rush to speak to her, but nobody answers the door. Her small home stands eerily quiet. Just like her daughter before her, Ruth has vanished into thin air.

Friends say that Ruth suspected someone close to home took Elissa. Others say she never trusted her husband again after he was questioned by police. Did she finally discover the truth behind her daughter’s disappearance? And will her friends and family ever see her again?

My Review

WOW! This has got to be the best book in the series so far. I was completely hooked. I love the character Gina because we are familiar with her from the previous books and I found it so easy just to pick this book up and get stuck straight in like it carried on from the previous book. 

So many twists involved in this book which keep you guessing and trying to solve the case. 

About the Author

Carla Kovach is a USA Today bestselling author from the UK and is published by Bookouture, Sphere, Boekerij and Virtualo. Her DI Gina Harte series has been translated into Dutch, German and Polish.

As well as novels, she has also written stage and screenplays.

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Blog Tour - My Husband's Child

 

Publication date 4th March 2025

Amazon UK

About the Book

When I find a little girl standing on my doorstep, I don’t know what to do. But as I take her small hand in mine, she whispers words that will change my life. ‘Mummy said you’d look after me.’

Ever since her husband left her for another woman, Cora has been trying to put her life back together. But when she hears he started a family, her heart breaks all over again. And so, when the doorbell rings late one night, the last person Cora expects to find is her husband’s child.

The little girl is shivering, clutching her baby brother’s hand. With no other choice, Cora ushers the children into her home. As she settles them by the fire, she tries to work out what happened. But as the days pass and her phone calls go unanswered, she realises the children’s parents have vanished without a trace…

Over the following weeks, Cora grows to love the children as if they were her own. And as she tucks them into bed each night, pressing a kiss to their foreheads, her heart feels fuller than she ever could have imagined.

But when her ex-husband’s wife reappears, Cora senses she isn’t telling the truth about why she abandoned her children. And when Cora’s ex-husband returns, claiming the children aren’t safe with their mother, she faces an impossible choice. Should Cora believe him or the children’s mother? And should she trust her instinct that something is terribly wrong?

An utterly compelling and heartbreaking story about motherhood and a devastating family secret. Readers who love Kate Hewitt, Jodi Picoult and Diane Chamberlain will be totally captivated by this deeply emotional novel.

My Review

This is an incredibly heart warming and emotional read. I absolutely loved the character Cora, she has been through so much and is one tough lady, she has so much love for these kids that are not even hers and treated them as her own and my heart just went out to her. I was desperate for everything to work out ok for her and dreaded her having to give the kids back as she had just become so attached to them.

The book kept me guessing throughout on who was telling the truth.. the husband or the children's mother. I doubted them both and had my suspicions.

About the Author

Alison Ragsdale is an Amazon bestselling author, and two-time IPPY Award winner. She writes emotional, contemporary fiction novels with a touch of Scotland. Her books are described as heart-wrenching tales of family dynamics and relationships.

Alison lived and worked in eight countries before settling in the USA. She now lives near Washington D.C., with her husband and super-spoiled dog. She loves to read, spend time with family, throw parties with bagpipers involved, watch So You Think You Can Dance, and cook comfort food.

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Blog Tour - Everyone is Lying

 

Publication date 26th February 2025

Amazon UK

About the book

It’s so peaceful here: a quiet house on a quiet street. The smiling woman waiting for me as I wake up says I’m lucky to be here – lucky to be alive. But the only thing I remember are the faces of my husband and baby. The husband and baby she insists don’t exist…

As I look around at the unfamiliar bedroom I’ve been in since I awoke from my coma – the floral curtains softly fluttering and the antique-style light above my head – all I can think about is my husband’s handsome face and the laughter of our sweet baby.

I’m desperate to see them again.

My eyes fall on the woman sitting by my bed. She tells me she’s my sister. But she also swears my husband and baby aren’t real. That I’m just confused after the accident.

I know she’s lying.

But… if my husband is real, where is he? Why hasn’t he come to get me?

And why am I locked in this room every day? My heart pounds every time I hear the key turn. Then I discover the anonymous note buried deep in a bunch of flowers beside me – with just two words on it: I’m sorry…

Everyone is lying to me. But confined to this bed, with no memory to guide me, can I uncover the truth about the accident – and what their plans are for me – before it’s too late…?

My Review

This book just wow! It had me on the edge of my seat. I was completely hooked. I couldn’t put this down until I finished it. The story is completely gripping and you will be desperate to find out what was happening. 

This is a book I will definitely recommend.

About the Author

Holly was born in Hull and studied PPE at New College, Oxford. In 2016 she took part in City University's Novel Studio. Her debut novel, The Courier, is published by Hodder & Stoughton in September 2021. She lives in north London with her husband and two children.

Holly is represented by Daisy Parente of Lutyens & Rubinstein.