The Drowning Girl

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What really goes on behind closed doors?

“I've striven to be the perfect mother, wanting to create a perfect childhood for my child. Yet something has gone wrong”

Catriona has the life she's always dreamed of: a loving husband, a delightful step–daughter and her own precious little girl, Daisy. When Daisy begins to feel ill, Catriona seeks help and in doing so, is forced to look to the past and her own traumatic and abusive childhood.

When Catriona is accused of an unspeakable crime, she begins to realise that the life she has now is more fragile than she could ever have imagined.

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Would you reveal a secret that might solve a murder but would ruin your life?

Ginnie Holmes has found something she never intended to find an overwhelming passion for a man she should not be with. An abandoned boathouse hidden on the riverbank of the Thames is their secret meeting place.

Then, in a single terrifying event, the lovers' secret becomes a deadly catastrophe. A woman is found murdered at the river's edge, just near the boathouse. Ginnie finds herself in the path of extraordinary danger, not only facing the exposure and grief that she has feared, but endangering everyone she loves.

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1940, Guernsey.

Vivienne de la Mare waits nervously for the bombs to drop. Instead comes quiet surrender and insidious occupation. Nothing is safe anymore.

Her husband is fighting on the frontline and the façade of being the perfect wife is cracking. Her new life is one where the enemy lives next door. Small acts of kindness from one Nazi soldier feels like a betrayal. But how can you hate your enemy when you know his name, when he makes you feel alive when everything else is dying around you?

Vivienne is fighting her own private war. On one side, the safe, secret, loving world she could build with her captain; on the other, loneliness and danger. It's time for Vivienne to choose –– collaboration or resistance","rating":"3.89","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2011-06-01 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2011-06-01 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":9646,"isbn13":"9781742906102","title":"The Soldier's Wife (The Collaborator)","seo":"the-soldiers-wife-the-collaborator","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781742906102.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"General","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC000000"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
What if there was something deeply wrong with your child and nobody believed you?

Young single mum Grace is drowning. Her little girl Sylvie is distant, troubled and prone to violent tantrums which the child psychiatrists blame on Grace. But Grace knows there's something more to what's happening to Sylvie.

There has to be.

Travelling from the London suburbs to the west coast of Ireland, Grace and Sylvie embark on a journey of shocking discovery, forcing Grace to question everything she believes in and changing both their lives forever.","rating":"3.54","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2013-06-01 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2013-06-01 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":4267,"isbn13":"9781743640784","title":"The Drowning Girl","seo":"the-drowning-girl","summary":" What if there was something deeply wrong with your child and nobody believed you?Young single mum Grace is drowning. Her little girl Sylvie is distant, troubled and prone to violent tantrums which...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781743640784.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Thrillers / General","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC031000"}],"scheduled":[]}],"scheduled":[],"products":[]}