The Girlfriend
A mother. A son. His girlfriend. And the lie they’ll wish had never been told.
Laura has it all. A successful career, a long marriage to a rich husband, and a twenty-three-year-old son, Daniel, who is kind, handsome, and talented. Then Daniel meets Cherry. Cherry is young, beautiful, and smart but hasn’t led Laura’s golden life. And she wants it.
When tragedy strikes, a decision is made and a lie is told. A lie so terrible it changes their lives forever…
The Girlfriend is a taut and wickedly twisted debut psychological thriller—a novel of subtle sabotage, retaliation, jealousy and fear, which pivots on an unforgivable lie, and examines the mother–son–daughter-in-law relationship in a chilling new light.
“One of the best books I’ve read in a long, long time. I loved The Girlfriend!”
—Lisa Jackson, New York Times bestselling author
“The Girlfriend is a taut psychological thriller, the evil chillingly drawn. Every character is layered and beautifully twisted. Makes me consider running background checks on any potential spouses my children bring home!”
—Karen Rose, New York Times
“A juicy thriller and utterly compulsive reading.”
—Jenny Blackhurst, author of How I Lost You
“An original and chilling portrayal of twisted relationships.”
—Debbie Howells, author of The Bones of You
Laura has it all. A successful career, a long marriage to a rich husband, and a twenty-three-year-old son, Daniel, who is kind, handsome, and talented. Then Daniel meets Cherry. Cherry is young, beautiful, and smart but hasn’t led Laura’s golden life. And she wants it.
When tragedy strikes, a decision is made and a lie is told. A lie so terrible it changes their lives forever…
The Girlfriend is a taut and wickedly twisted debut psychological thriller—a novel of subtle sabotage, retaliation, jealousy and fear, which pivots on an unforgivable lie, and examines the mother–son–daughter-in-law relationship in a chilling new light.
“One of the best books I’ve read in a long, long time. I loved The Girlfriend!”
—Lisa Jackson, New York Times bestselling author
“The Girlfriend is a taut psychological thriller, the evil chillingly drawn. Every character is layered and beautifully twisted. Makes me consider running background checks on any potential spouses my children bring home!”
—Karen Rose, New York Times
“A juicy thriller and utterly compulsive reading.”
—Jenny Blackhurst, author of How I Lost You
“An original and chilling portrayal of twisted relationships.”
—Debbie Howells, author of The Bones of You
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Community Reviews
Not quite what I expected but enjoyable nonetheless. I absolutely hated Cherry, so it was sometimes difficult to read about her. And the puppy part really bothered and upset me (I’m a huge animal lover). It was a quick read though and enjoyable still.
Thought the book was a bit slow. I did enjoy reading it though and wanted to know how it would end. It was a bit predictable.
I would give it a 3.5.
The overall story line was well thought out, but the book with some exceptions, was a bit lack luster in the thriller sense.
With that being said, the good parts were GOOD! The author knows about crazy, and overbearing women.
The end felt a bit rushed, I think i expected more from it. But the experience of this book was not a bad one either.
I would recommend this to a friend looking for a thriller to read.
The overall story line was well thought out, but the book with some exceptions, was a bit lack luster in the thriller sense.
With that being said, the good parts were GOOD! The author knows about crazy, and overbearing women.
The end felt a bit rushed, I think i expected more from it. But the experience of this book was not a bad one either.
I would recommend this to a friend looking for a thriller to read.
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