As a retired child welfare social worker, I don't often read social worker stories, but I'm always interested in child protection practice in other counties, here the UK. It has a potentially interesting plot line, but it's way too long and repetitive. Ms. Lewis could have used a good editor.The ...
God help me, if i was granted 1 trivial thing that i can do, im going to ask god to stop the past me from reading this book. it stll haunted me in a bitter taste kind of feeling. One of the worse cheating plot ever. ofc this book wasnt all about cheating as the main plot. there are other problem ...
Having survived every woman’s worst nightmare, Olivia Benning is now more than ready to start a new life. Everything is in place, nothing should go wrong, and it wouldn’t have, if her husband hadn’t walked in unexpectedly to find her kissing her old boyfriend.But Olivia soon finds out she’s not t...
Just as celebrated columnist Katie Kiernan thinks life is over, it suddenly arrives on her doorstep in the shape of her sister Michelle, and all the intrigue Michelle brings with her. Friction, resentment and old jealousies make life in their house doubly challenging, as Katie struggles to cope w...
Elizabeth Sorrill, is the junior matron at Foxton’s elite School for Boys. Her attractions prove irresistible to Alexander Belmayne, the seventeen-year-old son of the Lord Chief Justice, but their passionate affair is short-lived as bitter lies and scandal force them apart. A chance meeting in Lo...
Misty, who was still running the pub with her Italian husband, Marco, had told her they’d never sensed any sort of other-worldly presence since Jules and Kian had left, and the cream leather boot that Jules had placed on a mantlepiece in the library the day of their departure – yes, they’d had a ...
She hadn’t done it for school, she’d done it for him because of his interest in the artist, carefully choosing Munch’s works and words in a way that had impressed him then, and could just about break his heart now. His mind, his very soul, were in the blackest depths of despair. He tried so hard ...
Instantly tensing, Vivienne said, ‘I’m fine. Just giving Rufus his breakfast.’ ‘OK. I don’t suppose you’ve seen the Mail yet today?’ Vivienne’s heart immediately contracted. ‘No, Mum takes the Express. Why? What’s in it?’ ‘You’d better brace yourself. I’m afraid Rufus – or Miles’s love child as t...
At his nephew’s request, Grant had turned up in his policeman’s uniform while his wife, Polly, was in her white doctor’s coat complete with toy stethoscope to test everyone’s hearts.Tomorrow Bevan was going to be five, which was the reason he was jumping off today.It still seemed odd to Charlotte...
As Heidi looked back at her, Marian felt she was watching her collapsing in on herself. It was clear she hadn’t slept in days; the circles under her eyes were like bruises, the ashen hue of her skin made her seem like a ghost. Marian could only begin to imagine the fears chasing around in her hea...
Someone else burst out laughing too – it must have been whoever was shooting the video, probably her friend Donna, because someone had been playing the piano and Donna always seemed to be in the other videos. On the other hand, it could have been her friend Salina, because all the laughter sounde...
They were studying the thick files of information he had messengered over to them the day before, detailing his own personal and career backgrounds and the companies he was currently involved with. It had been a while now since anyone had spoken, but he could see that several of them had reached ...
‘Congratulations, cherie! I wondered what you had been doing in Paris all this time! But how long have you known him? How did you meet him? Come along, sit down and tell me everything.’ Smiling all over her face, Monique allowed Claudine to lead her to the sofa. ‘It’s a secret, remember?’ she sai...
There were moments when Jenna felt she might be losing her mind. How could something that wasn’t even physical hurt so much? The ache of it, the sheer torment of what her own thoughts were doing to her, never mind what Jack was doing, was such agony at times that she almost wanted to die rather t...
Ellamarie hadn’t known at first, but Bob had fallen in love with her almost the first time he had laid eyes on her. He had no ready explanation for the strength and immediacy of his feelings. Of course, Ellamarie was a beautiful woman, but as a director he spent a great deal of time with beautifu...
There had been a heavy downpour a while ago, shining, silvery blades streaming from the sky as though to cleanse this innocent place of the tragic ugliness her confession had brought to it.She was still seeing it, feeling it; it would never let her go.Her eyes refocused on the orderly piles of le...
‘What on earth’s going on?’ he demanded. ‘I’ve been trying to call you…’‘I’m sorry, I had to turn my phone off,’ Sabrina apologised. ‘Are you OK?’ she asked Annabelle.‘I think so,’ Annabelle answered in a thready voice.Robert’s eyes dilated with shock as he registered her bruises. ‘I didn’t reali...
From the moment he arrived Penny sensed the change in him, but though he was snappish and aloof with her there was no question it was Marielle he was gunning for. Penny never did find out what passed between them; all she knew was that Marielle continued to strut about the place like Miss Fleet S...
Though she’d done as he’d asked yesterday and made sure the children were elsewhere for the afternoon, he hadn’t come home. She’d waited and waited, paced the house, texted and rung him, but he simply hadn’t turned up. She could still hardly believe it was happening as she veered from confusion t...
‘Just leaving the caff,’ Josie replied, swapping her mobile to the other ear as she made her way along Kesterly’s busy seafront towards the bus stop. The wind was bitter this afternoon, whipping the waves up over the rocks, and tearing through the Christmas lights like some avenging fiend. ‘Then ...
The primary subject for discussion had been Marcus Gatling and his multinational investment dealings. The man was a serious player in so many fields it was hard to keep track, but just as Elliot had hoped, a pattern of other names had started to emerge, of equally powerful men in equally strategi...
His face paled slightly as he read it, then nodding to Pam he tucked the note into a corner of his blotter and turned back to the meeting. It wasn’t until early afternoon that he eventually returned to his office, where he buzzed immediately through for Pam. ‘Did she say what she wanted?’ he aske...
The rain had stopped an hour ago, leaving everything gleaming like silk in the sunlight, but more clouds were starting to roll over the treetops that separated their land from the moor. A big storm was forecast for later, and strong winds, the kind of tempest that could as easily set nerves on ed...