\'I just want to be your friend.\' She smiled at Lily, her dark brown eyes impossibly sincere.
And if I could, I would highlight the "psychological" and make it big!\' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars.
When you finally think you know, what is going on, there is a major plot twist! It is perfect! This is a psychological thriller.
All of the unknown.
All of the secrets.
Wow.\' NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars \'A true thriller!...
It was full of twists and turns and I was kept on the edge of my seat throughout!! That ending...
Readers are loving The Perfect Stepmother : \'I was hooked from the first page.
And when Emma goes missing - could Lily be right? What if the greatest danger to them all is the woman now living in their family home? A totally gripping and unmissable psychological suspense novel about dark family secrets, Perfect for fans of Shalini Boland, Claire McGowan and Gone Girl .
Who won\'t trust her.
It\'s only Lily who can\'t trust her.
She seems madly in love with Lily\'s dad and instantly bonds with Emma.
It feels far too soon, and Lily finds herself furious with him - and his new wife, Maria, who can apparently do no wrong.
So Lily is shocked and concerned when he suddenly decides to remarry, less than a year after her mother\'s death.
Lily was heartbroken, but also desperately worried about her grieving dad, not to mention five-year-old Emma.
But their love story was cut tragically short when - after a devastating battle with cancer - Lily\'s mother died.
Content in their sweet suburban home, nothing in life had phased her mother and father, not even when they\'d had a \'surprise\' second child, Emma, nearly twenty years after Lily.
Lily has always had a simple dream: to be happy like her parents were.
Something Lily didn\'t trust... \'And to be a mother to Emma too, of course.\' Her gaze flickered to Lily\'s sister, but only Lily saw her expression momentarily change - from warm and loving to something else. \'I just want to be your friend.\' She smiled at Lily, her dark brown eyes impossibly sincere
