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You let her in. You’ll wish you hadn’t.
Following a whirlwind romance, Rose and Chris’s marriage has been unshakeable for twenty years. But when teenager Katie turns up on their doorstep, blonde, wide-eyed and beautiful, their perfect life threatens to crumble to pieces. Because Katie says she’s Chris’s long-lost daughter, the product of a forgotten summer fling.
The couple is still reeling from shock when Katie tells them she has nowhere to go. The couple is her only hope. Kind-hearted Rose invites Katie to stay, despite Chris’s protests. The poor girl has only just lost her mother – they can’t leave her out on the street.
But soon after Katie moves in, strange things start happening. Someone crashes into a neighbour’s fence. An unexplained fire starts in the couple’s kitchen. And a family friend coming to visit disappears on the way to the house. Chris insists Katie has to go. But it’s Chris who won’t explain where he was at the time their friend went missing…
The couple’s dream life seems to be turning into a nightmare. With dark secrets about Chris’s history with Katie’s mother coming to light, Rose no longer knows who to trust. Soon, she isn’t sure whether she’s invited a dangerous stranger into her home, or whether she’s been living with one all along…
A chilling thriller that will make you question everything you think you know about your loved ones. Fans of The Woman in the Window, Then She Was Gone and The Perfect Child won’t be able to put this book down.
Following a whirlwind romance, Rose and Chris’s marriage has been unshakeable for twenty years. But when teenager Katie turns up on their doorstep, blonde, wide-eyed and beautiful, their perfect life threatens to crumble to pieces. Because Katie says she’s Chris’s long-lost daughter, the product of a forgotten summer fling.
The couple is still reeling from shock when Katie tells them she has nowhere to go. The couple is her only hope. Kind-hearted Rose invites Katie to stay, despite Chris’s protests. The poor girl has only just lost her mother – they can’t leave her out on the street.
But soon after Katie moves in, strange things start happening. Someone crashes into a neighbour’s fence. An unexplained fire starts in the couple’s kitchen. And a family friend coming to visit disappears on the way to the house. Chris insists Katie has to go. But it’s Chris who won’t explain where he was at the time their friend went missing…
The couple’s dream life seems to be turning into a nightmare. With dark secrets about Chris’s history with Katie’s mother coming to light, Rose no longer knows who to trust. Soon, she isn’t sure whether she’s invited a dangerous stranger into her home, or whether she’s been living with one all along…
A chilling thriller that will make you question everything you think you know about your loved ones. Fans of The Woman in the Window, Then She Was Gone and The Perfect Child won’t be able to put this book down.
Author Jake Cross
Author
Bio:
Jake lives in England and is the author of the standalone
thrillers The Family Lie and The Choice, which hit the top 5 in Australia and
was a bestseller in the UK and Canada.
Perfect Stranger
By Jake Cross
Review by HeidiLynn's BookReviews
First, I want to thank Jake Cross, Bookouture, and NetGalley for providing me with this book so I may bring you this review.
Jake Cross was blessed with an incredible gift writing psychological thrillers. His newest book Perfect Stranger is a must-read book. This is a book that will leave you speechless and in shock. As I was reading it in my head I could see it being shown as a movie on Lifetime Channel. He captured everything from mystery, suspense, intense drama, secrets, lies, infidelity, twists and turns, coming out, investigations, etc.
A warning to readers this book may contain triggers for some. These would be suicide, physical and verbal abuse, parental neglect, severe mental illness, etc.
Kudos to the graphic artist who created the cover! It was pure genius! It totally represented Katie and the house in my eyes. The cover, title and the saying on the front cover made me want to know more about the book.
In the acknowledgements I like how he thanks everyone at Bookouture for their sheer brilliance. I smiled when he specifically mentioned Noelle and Kim for giving him great advice and back-slaps and reality checks at the same time.
The funny thing as I was reading this there was one thing that kept popping into my head. That one thing was be careful who you have a one night stands with. It could bite you in the booty big time later on!
I could tell by his writing style that James was extremely passionate about his characters and storylines. Especially Katie. One thing I loved with her was her character progression where at the very end you saw all of her true colors shine through! They were nothing I had ever read about in the past! I was totally shocked and blown away. Rarely does that happen.
I love how Jake Cross mind worked on this story! I am an instant fan of his and would gladly review for him again in a heartbeat.
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