His Mother’s LiesI married her son, but he couldn’t see her evil…
Charlotte’s dream wedding to Ethan was the happiest day of her life. She knew his mother, Anna, loved her only son, but her overbearing nature starts driving Charlotte insane. Ethan always claimed his mother accepted her as part of the family, but her gut instincts couldn’t be wrong.
To help the happy couple save for their first house together, Anna presents an offer they can't refuse with a rent-free room in the family home. This is when Charlotte suspects Anna wants her boy back for good. Convinced she is out to destroy their marriage; Charlotte has a surprise that was about to bring them closer together or rip their relationship apart.
As tensions mount and Anna digs her claws in, Charlotte discovers a hidden family secret, but Anna’s manipulative nature ensures no one would believe her. Charlotte must survive a wave of cruelties and play the most vindictive mother-in-law she’s ever encountered at her own sinister game if her marriage is to survive a mother who can’t let go of the past.
Anna will stop at nothing to get what she wants…
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Extract from His Mother’s Lies by JA Andrews
I sit with my mobile phone in my hand, wondering if my son will make an effort to call me today. I stare at the screen and hover my finger over his name in my contact list. I should give him a piece of my mind for leaving me sitting here to rot, but when I think of him my heart melts and I get goosebumps. He’s the only reminder of Robert I have left.
My husband's death brought my son and me closer together until she came along. Charlotte this, or Charlotte that; I knew it was getting serious when he couldn’t stop talking about this woman. Her name seemed to be mentioned over breakfast more often than any other woman he’d met. I had a gut instinct that this one was going to stick around.
‘Never forget who your family are,’ I reminded Ethan. ‘My boy, you can have countless girlfriends or wives, but you’ll only ever have the one mother. I’m the woman who will always be here for you, no matter what.’
He always hugged me and told me he loved me. He doesn’t seem to do that anymore, but I must learn to live with that now. I know he will need me again one day soon, and I’ll be here, waiting.
I don’t think they’ll last the distance. He’s never been a man who could stay committed, not even as a child. If the thought of something was forever, he’d want to be rid of it and start something new. I know how his brain works. I know my boy.
This is my life, sitting here on the sofa after a hard shift in the hospice with my cup of tea starting to go cold. I turn the television off and there’s nothing but silence. My head clouded with my nagging thoughts about the welfare of my son. Is he really that happy? Can she really be that good for him? What is it about her that he likes, and why? They’re a bit chalk and cheese, but I’ll try and keep an open mind.
I don’t have any friends to visit or any interesting hobbies except for reading the latest crime novel that my local bookshop promotes. I seem to work, eat, sleep and spend hours hoping my son remembers who his mother is. All the memories I have of him as a child, those times he was on the swings, when I kissed his cuts better, when I did all his washing, paid for his nights out – it wasn’t to be forgotten about. I didn’t ever want him to leave me here on a sofa with minimal contact.
‘We’re going out to Charlotte’s parent's house for a barbeque tonight, so I have to cancel and will visit you at the weekend,’ he once said, but that weekend never happened. ‘Charlotte’s mother has invited us. I can’t say no. She’d never forgive us.’
It’s ok for him to say no to me. It seems fine to disappoint me, but I don’t hear about her mother getting left out in the cold. I don’t think I’m being unreasonable; however, I’m starting to get angry. When I’m mad, it gets me thinking about things. I don’t like having those feelings stirring up inside me. It doesn’t do anyone any good.
I’ve done good for others all my life and never had any thanks in return. It’s not like I even want them, but some acknowledgement wouldn’t go a miss. The first woman to come along and show him any attention and he’s off like a shot. I thought I brought him up better than that. I taught him to respect his family.
He’s my son. Mine.
Author Bio –
JA Andrews is from Devon in the UK and is the author of gripping twisty psychological thrillers. As well as writing fiction, he enjoys reading a mix of genres, watching reality TV and spending time with family and friends...
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Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews
First, I want to thank JA Andrews and Rachel’s Random Resources for providing me with this book so I may bring you this review.
DANG!!!! I wouldn’t wish this Mother In Law on even my worst enemy!!! She is pure EVIL!!! JA Andrews is back and better than ever with his 6th psychological thriller His Mother’s Lies!! I have been a HUGE fan of his since his first book Mummy Boy and I can firmly say this is his best work to date!!! This is a definite must read, go out and buy, and put it to the top of your TBR list as it is a 5 star read!
In my career of book reviewing I don’t think a character has pissed me off as much as Anna did! She is truly a sick, twisted, mentally ill woman with major issues!! The way she treated Charlotte was so wrong on so many levels! How Ethan couldn’t see how deranged she truly was is beyond me!
There were many in-depth, intense, tensionful and suspenseful scenes that had me literally biting my already short nails! His Mother’s Lies were jam packed with unthinkable acts, secrets, lies and omg the revelations at the climax of the book were unimaginable!!!
JA Andrews deals with some heavy topics that I will be honest was hard to read on a Mother’s Day Weekend as it will pull hard on your heartstrings!
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate JA Andrews and his partner Gary Mullen for getting married! I’m incredibly happy for the two of you-and pray your Mom In Law’s are NOTHING like Anna!
