His Secret Child
Cole Baxter
341 pages
Bookouture
published August 20, 2024
About the book
I stand at my father’s funeral, tears rolling down my cheeks. Someone puts a hand on my shoulder, pulling me into a hug. As I look into the face of a woman I’ve never seen before, she whispers something that shatters my world. “He was my father too.”
Staring into the woman’s glassy gray eyes, I pray that she’s lying. I can’t believe that my steady, dependable father could do this to me. But a hush falls over my family as my ‘new sister’ Ava spills secrets about his hidden affairs and how he bought her silence. Now she’s finally free, she wants to be a part of the family.
But as my relatives welcome her with open arms, I’m certain something isn’t right. Details of her childhood keep changing. And I catch the way she looks at my fiancé, batting her long lashes and touching his well-toned arm. Can this woman be trusted? Does anyone else share my fears? Then, with a snide smile, away from the eyes of my family, she tells me that she knows my own dark secret.
I need to stay silent to keep myself safe. Until I find a crumpled white envelope in my father’s office that makes my blood run cold. What if my father’s death was no accident? Is Ava really here to join our family, or tear us apart?
Ava thinks she knows all my secrets, but she has no idea just how far I’d go to protect the people I love…
An utterly heart-pounding psychological thriller that will keep you turning pages into the night! For fans of The Doctor’s Wife, Behind Closed Doors and The Housemaid.
My Review
It’s been a while since I read a book by the author and I am not sure why. It has all the makings of a popcorn thriller. it is short, has unlikable characters and kept me not wanting to put it down. The writing style is easy to read and all of this made me want to keep reading once I started.
Filled with secrets and family drama, it was the dysfunctional family that I couldn’t look away from. I did see some of the twists coming, but I quite often figure things out early, but definitely not all of them. But predicting some of the twists did not stop me from wanting to judge this family and all their drama. They could have their own TV show.
Are you looking for one more summer read before the seasons switch, then give this one a try. It was the train wreck you couldn’t look away from and didn’t know you needed.
Cole Baxter is a top Amazon bestselling author who is a practicing primary care physician who writes bestselling psychological suspense thrillers. His stories will have you reading through the night – they are very addictive!
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