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Release Date: 3rd August 2020 / Publisher: Bookouture

Some secrets are more dangerous than others.

Cassie once did something so bad she’s never spoken about it since.

When her beloved son, Josh, dies suddenly in a tragic accident, Cassie is overcome with grief. And, as she cries on her husband’s shoulder, her phone lights up with a message that terrifies her.

I know what you did and I’m going to make you pay.

Somebody from Cassie’s past has found her and they want everyone to know just what kind of a woman she is.

As Cassie struggles to keep the message from her husband, someone knocks on the door of their perfect family home and Cassie discovers she isn’t the only person keeping secrets. Before her stands her son’s girlfriend – a girlfriend Cassie didn’t know about.

And when Cassie closes the door behind the new girlfriend, she has no idea who she has just let into her life. Her biggest secret is about to be revealed. And you won’t believe what Cassie does next…

A truly gripping page-turner that will keep you reading well into the night, The New Girlfriend is perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train, My Lovely Wife and Gone Girl.

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My Review

This is the emotional and heart-stopping story of Cassie and Adam who, whilst mourning the tragic death of their son Josh, meet Kimberley, the girlfriend they didn’t know Josh had.  Kimberley also has another shock for them when she introduces them to Josh’s baby son, Samuel.  Cassie sees her new grandson as a way to carry on with life, but when she starts to receive mysterious texts threatening to reveal secrets Cassie has been hiding for years, she begins to fear she could lose everything.

I’ve read many of this author’s other books and have enjoyed them all.  This one is no different and begins with a disturbing prologue where we see Josh tragically die.  The prologue definitely paves the way for what we can expect throughout the rest of the book, giving us a story filled with plot twists, unanswered questions and lots of secrets and lies.  The pace starts well at the beginning of the book and continues to build throughout.  The storyline moves back and forth in time from present day to before Josh died.  Each of the main characters appear to be hiding something, and I wasn’t quite sure who I felt suspicious of and who I felt I could trust.  The story twists and turns, particularly as it reaches its conclusion and my opinions of what I felt was going on was changing with each turn of the page.

The author manages to keep the interest going pretty much throughout the whole book, with suspense and mystery filling out the chapters.  Much as I tried, I couldn’t work the whole thing out correctly and as such, really didn’t see the ending coming!  Full of secrets and lies, this book will keep you hooked until the very last page.  Would definitely recommend!

The Author

Sheryl Browne writes psychological thriller and edgy contemporary fiction. A member of the Crime Writers’ Association, Romantic Novelists’ Association and awarded a Red Ribbon by The Wishing Shelf Book Awards, Sheryl has several books published and two short stories in Birmingham City University anthologies, where she completed her MA in Creative Writing. 
To find out more about Sheryl’s novels, go to www.facebook.com/SherylBrowne.Author/ or follow @SherylBrowne on Twitter. To find out more about Sheryl, go to www.sherylbrowne.com