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Your son’s new girlfriend.

Your new worst enemy…? 

My heart thuds as the front door swings open, and my precious son Sethwalks in with his new girlfriend Lily on his arm. I’m so nervous. But she’s everything I hoped she’d be. Before long, she’s part of the family and staying every evening. We relax together and have long conversations. It’s a dream – Lily is like the daughter I never had.

But as our family dynamic shifts, the precious bond with my husband and son begins to change. I’m convinced they’re avoiding me and talking to me differently… Am I being paranoid, or is Lily turning my loved ones against me?

Then I receive a warning. It hints at a past I’ve tried so hard to erase. My carefully controlled world starts to unravel.

Is the secret I’ve tried so hard to bury about to destroy my perfect family?

And can I trust Lily? Or is my life and my son’s life in danger?

An utterly addictive psychological thriller that will have you gasping out loud. If you love None Of This Is True, John Marrs, T.M Logan and Freida McFadden you’ll be gripped by His First Girlfriend. 

What readers are saying about His First Girlfriend:

‘Oh my! I absolutely loved this book, I couldn’t put it down’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Absolutely amazing!! It had me on the edge of my seat the whole time.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Read it in one day…!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘A brilliant, breathless read!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Leaves you breathless…’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I was tearing through the pages…’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I inhaled this book in less than 24 hours!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Fast-paced, tense, and totally addictive! I flew through this!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Had me hooked from the beginning… I flew through it in a couple of days… Unputdownable’ ellens_books, ⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Absolutely gripping from start to finish… Just when you think you’ve figured it out, the story twists again, leaving you shocked and unable to put the book down.’ MyFictionAddiction82, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘This FIVE STAR story hooked me…’ meddings_musings, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Had me glued to my chair…!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Had me hooked from the beginning’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Incredibly addictive… I was hooked and couldn’t stop thinking about the story… Finished in a binge…’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I was hooked from start to finish.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Pulls you in from the very first chapter… Packed with the kind of twists that make you mutter “just one more chapter” until you realise you’ve finished the whole thing… Gripping, binge‑worthy…’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘A completely gripping read from start to finish… Impossible to put down, kept me turning the pages… I flew through.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Nora Valters grew up in the New Forest in the south of England and has lived in London, Manchester, Bournemouth, Oxford and Dubai. She currently resides in Weston-super-Mare.

She studied English Literature and Language at Oxford Brookes University before embarking on a career in marketing and copywriting.

Her debut psychological thriller was published in October 2020. She’s currently writing her sixth novel, which will be out soon.

Nora loves to travel and has journeyed around the world. She enjoys exploring new places, knitting/crochet, painting, hiking, and is an avid reader. She’s also a bit obsessed with dogs!

His First Girlfriend

Written By Nora Valters

Review By Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews

First, I want to thank Nora Valters, Bookouture and NetGalley for providing me with this book so I can bring you this review.

Dang!!! Nora Valters latest Psychological Thriller is insanely intense, incredibly fast paced, and addicting right from the start. His First Girlfriend is a totally out of the box creative storyline that will have you at the edge of your comfy chair waiting to see what happens!! Just when you think you know what will happen Nora pulls a fast one on you!! 

Nora, I was hooked on His First Girlfriend within the first three sentences of your prologue! The description of the character from the prologue had me dying to know more about her and the storyline. 

In His First Girlfriend Nora gave me an extensive eye opening education on all things Dark Web. That storyline I found very interesting. 

This book is filled with major family drama, deep dark secrets, lies, twists and turns, jaw dropping moments that are unbelievable!!! It is an incredible 5 star read!! 

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Until the Truth Comes Out: A Novel
Melanie Summers
Publication date: February 5th 2026
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

A rockstar at the height of his fame.
A wife on the edge.
A secret that can’t stay hidden.
And a single night that will change everything.

In the spring of 1997, Zane McCreight and his wife, Sienna, appear to have it all—sold-out stadiums, magazine covers, and the perfect family. But behind the image, their marriage is fracturing, and a scandal is quietly spiraling out of control.

As Zane’s band prepares for a massive tribute concert in the desert—under the eerie glow of the Hale-Bopp comet—tensions rise. Lies are told. Loyalties are tested. And two women find themselves trapped between ambition, betrayal, and the impossible weight of motherhood.

Then, on the night of the show—while the world is watching the stage—the youngest two McCreight children vanish.

Emotionally complex and deeply character-driven, Until the Truth Comes Out is a gripping tale of fame, marriage, the devastating cost of keeping secrets—and the strength of the women left to carry it all.

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EXCERPT:

The Concert Under the Comet was set to take place just as Hale-Bopp reached its closest distance to Earth. There had been some concern all week that a bank of clouds might ruin the show. But thankfully, they drifted away that morning, allowing the stars—and the single streak of light that would get twenty-thousand rock fans out into the Mojave Desert on a cool spring Saturday night—to show themselves.

But it wasn’t only the comet they’d come to see (all of them either wildly rich or beautiful enough that someone with money would shell out eight thousand dollars for a single ticket). It was the lineup of stars. The biggest names in the music industry were there, several of whom would take the stage together for the first and last time. It would be televised around the globe, making it bigger than the original Woodstock. More important than Live Aid ‘85. Filled with more star power than a Vanity Fair Oscar party. It was a tribute to a dead legend. The rise of a new star. The end of innocence for one lost teenager. It would be the greatest reconciliation of any celebrity couple in history. Or it would be their demise. Those last two things would remain up in the air until morning.

The location was a well-guarded secret. It had to be if they were going to keep the riffraff away. The riffraff could watch via pay-per-view for a whopping $49.95 (the highest priced pay-per-view event up to that point in time). The record label executives, production team, and cable provider were certain the riffraff would be all too happy to pool their cash so they could say they’d been a part of it when they got to work the following Monday. They were right.

Two hours before sundown, the audience would be brought to the location in a steady stream of air-conditioned buses, limousines, and town cars. The lights would go up. The music would play. People would cheer themselves hoarse and drink and dance and sing along (most of them off-key, depending on how many drinks they had). When they’d go back to Las Vegas, their drivers would turn on the heat for their now-chilly, exhausted passengers. The drivers would be relieved they weren’t rowdy and out of control. Instead, they were dead quiet as the shock of what happened lingered.

That afternoon, five-month-old Elliott (who always went straight to sleep in the car) dozed through the long ride under the bright afternoon sun. Later, when the sky grew dark, his mother, Claudia Crawford, would point up at it and tell him about the comet, knowing he wouldn’t understand, but hoping it would somehow leave a faint imprint on his fresh, new mind. Claudia would give the performance of a lifetime that night. She was the only woman who’d been part of The Vows, but she wouldn’t play with them that evening. She would go on alone for reasons the audience wouldn’t understand until after.

Claudia had planned to leave little Elliott back at the hotel in Vegas with her very reliable French nanny. Only the nanny went out dancing the night before and never came back, so Claudia was forced to bring him to the desert and leave him in the care of two teenage girls she barely knew. But everything would be fine. Elliott would be safely tucked away in a holiday trailer nearby with the girls watching over him, and Claudia would only be gone for forty-five minutes. An hour tops.

But of course, that’s not what happened. Things ran late, as they do at these events, and she ended up leaving him for the better part of two hours. By the time she returned to the trailer, it would be empty.

Before long, she would find herself groping her way through the impossibly dark desert, screaming his name, gripped by a panic that only fills a parent whose child has vanished. It would occur to her that she might never again hold her baby. Never press his chubby cheek to hers, never smell his neck, never hear him laugh again. She might never hear him speak his first words or watch him take his first steps. What if he never got to do those things? What if he was already dead?

Her knees would give out, and she’d slide to the cold ground, and she’d be disgusted at herself for letting her emotions overwhelm her. She’d be hauled to her feet and ordered to keep going by the last person on earth she expected to help. Although her companion was only there because her child was missing too.

Author Bio:

Melanie Summers also writes steamy romance as MJ Summers.

Melanie made a name for herself with her debut novel, Break in Two, a contemporary romance that cracked the Top 10 Paid on Amazon in both the UK and Canada, and the top 50 Paid in the USA. Her highly acclaimed Full Hearts Series was picked up by both Piatkus Entice (a division of Hachette UK) and HarperCollins Canada. Her first three books have been translated into Czech and Slovak by EuroMedia. Since 2013, she has written and published three novellas, and eight novels (of which seven have been published). She has sold over a quarter of a million books around the globe.

In her previous life (i.e. before having children), Melanie got her Bachelor of Science from the University of Alberta, then went on to work in the soul-sucking customer service industry for a large cellular network provider that shall remain nameless (unless you write her personally - then she'll dish). On her days off, she took courses and studied to become a Chartered Mediator. That designation landed her a job at the R.C.M.P. as the Alternative Dispute Resolution Coordinator for 'K' Division. Having had enough of mediating arguments between gun-toting police officers, she decided it was much safer to have children so she could continue her study of conflict in a weapon-free environment (and one which doesn't require makeup and/or nylons).

Melanie resides in Edmonton with her husband, three young children, and their adorable but neurotic one-eyed dog. When she's not writing novels, Melanie loves reading (obviously), snuggling up on the couch with her family for movie night (which would not be complete without lots of popcorn and milkshakes), and long walks in the woods near her house. She also spends a lot more time thinking about doing yoga than actually doing yoga, which is why most of her photos are taken 'from above'. She also loves shutting down restaurants with her girlfriends. Well, not literally shutting them down, like calling the health inspector or something--more like just staying until they turn the lights off.

She is represented by Suzanne Brandreth of The Cooke Agency International.

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Our Daughter Is Missing 

Written By Darren O’Sullivan 

Review By Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews  

 

First, I want to thank Darren O’Sullivan, Joffe Books and Zooloo Book Tours for providing me with this book so I may bring you this review! 

If you are a parent you are going to want to hold your child a little tighter after reading Darren O’Sullivan’s Our Daughter Is Missing!!! What pulled on my heartstrings oh so hard is having the father in the nursing home with Dementia! Going in and out of clarity of who his daughter was! Just losing my Dad a year ago I can’t imagine what she must have been feeling dealing with that all the time!! My heart just broke for this character for so many reasons in this book!! She was incredibly strong for everything life threw her way!! 

Darren O’Sullivan and I both agree that Our Daughter Is Missing deserves 5 stars!! We also agree that this book deserves a lot of reccomendations!! I say this because it is one of his best written books that I have read so far. It was a very fast paced, addicting read that once I started reading it I literally could not put it down!! 

Oh this book deals with so many important topics from teenage drama, bullying, family drama, runaway, abduction, mental illness, dementia, etc. 

The characters in Our Daughter Is Missing Darren seemed like he was writing the storyline from his heart. I could feel that as I was reading it. One story in particular. There were many emotionally driven scenes in this book (at least for me). 

Darren’s climatic scene toward the end had me at the edge of my comfy chair biting my short nails needing to know if all would be ok!!! It was oh so intense!!! 

Darren wants to thank his 10 year old son for being the one he sounds his ideas off for his what if moments! 

Thank you Darren for appreciating and acknowledging all of us readers who review for you on Goodreads, Instagram, Blogs, etc. for me I get great satisfaction reviewing for authors such as yourself. 

As I am reading the book I keep hearing Cindy Lauper’s song True Color’s song pop in my head!!! 

This has to be put on your TBR List for 2026!!! It is a 5 star read!!! Don’t take my word for it-check it out for yourself!