Keep your enemies close…your sister closer…
To outsiders, twins Mia and Kate have always been close, like good sisters should be. But in private their relationship is one of jealousy, resentment and bitterness.
Popular and attractive Mia is always the centre of attention, loved by all. Quiet and reserved, Kate is overlooked and underestimated, and has tried to build a life away from Mia and her manipulation.
Finally she is happy and content.
But then Mia returns and makes it clear that she wants to be part of her sister’s life again, to have everything Kate has…including her new fiancé Scott.
Kate can’t allow Mia to ruin her life again. She’s done this too many times in the past – always taking things that don’t belong to her.
As old tensions, secrets and lies return, tragedy strikes. And one sister will use the opportunity to live the life she has always wanted…the life she has always deserved.
Alex Stone is an accountant from the West Midlands, who uprooted her life to pursue her dream of living by the sea and becoming a writer. She is proof that if you stick at it, anything is possible, and is
now a psychological thriller author based in Dorset. This beautiful and dramatic coast is the inspiration and setting for her novels.
Alex has a keen interest in psychology, and her novels examine how situations in the past can shape a person for the better and the worst.
Her debut novel, The Perfect Daughter, has been described as; ‘cleverly written, powerful, shocking, and totally believable.’
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My thoughts: Sisters, a complicated relationship, throw in being twins and the daughters of seemingly unhappy parents, a good dose of trauma from losing their mother young, some guilt, blame, secrets and jealousy and you have the recipe for a really messy situation.
Mia is a translator and lives a glamorous life overseas, while her twin sells flowers from a stall in the park, perfectly happy with her life, it might not be as high flying or impressive, but it’s hers. As is the handsome police officer boyfriend. Then Mia returns, supposedly to sort out their father’s estate, but Kate isn’t so sure.
After a horrific incident, one sister seizes the opportunity to become the other and heads to the family’s old apartment by the sea. But what she learns about the past, about her sister and about herself, turns everything she thought she knew upside down. Can she make it right?
Clever, full of twists and turns, with two very different protagonists, for all they look alike. This is a complex story about our memories, our beliefs and how they can affect us for years, even when it turns out they’re maybe not quite as clear as we think.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
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