The Girlfriend
<b>A mother. A son. His girlfriend. And the lie they’ll wish had never been told.</b><br />  <br /> 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.<br />  <br /> When tragedy strikes, a decision is made and a lie is told. A lie so terrible it changes their lives forever…<br />  <br /> 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.<br />  <br /><b>“One of the best books I’ve read in a long, long time.  I loved <i>The Girlfriend</i>!”  </b><br /><b>—Lisa Jackson</b><i><b>, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author</b><br /><b> </b><br /><b>“<i>The Girlfriend</i> </b></i><b>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!” </b><br /><b><b>—</b></b><b>Karen Rose,</b><b> <i>New York Times </i></b><br /><b> </b><br /><b><b><b>“A juicy thriller and utterly compulsive reading.”</b><br /><b>—Jenny Blackhurst, author of </b></b></b><i><b>How I Lost You</b></i><br /><b> </b><br /><b>“An original and chilling portrayal of twisted relationships.” </b><br /><b><b>—</b>Debbie Howells, author of <i>The Bones of You</i></b><br />