The Stepmother by Sally Rigby and Amanda Ashby
She’ll do anything to protect her family…
Libby Curtis never wanted children, until she met Nathan, a gorgeous widower with two young children. Now ten years later she can’t imagine her life without Sam and Sienna – she’d do anything for her precious kids. Anything….
So when a missing teenager is found lying on the side of the road, Libby’s first thoughts are for her own kids. Are they safe? Are they home?
What Libby doesn’t expect is for her children to be involved in the girl’s disappearance. But when she discovers an item in her stepson's car linked to the victim Libby’s fears increase.
She can't believe that the sweet boy she's raised could do something like that. But if not Sam….who?
Libby must discover the truth before her family is ripped apart. But someone is determined to make sure their secrets stay hidden - even if the consequences are deadly...
About the authors
Amanda Ashby and Sally Rigby are a crime writing partnership. Both authors live in New Zealand, have been friends for eighteen years and agree about everything (except musicals). They decided to collaborate on a psychological thriller which they then entered into a competition, run by Boldwood, and which they won!
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Review
This is the first time I have read a book by this writing duo but it won't be the last. I have been a huge fan and Sally Rigby’s ‘Cavendish & Walker’ series and I was intrigued as to how I would like this one. It didn't disappoint at all! I always wonder with writing duos, how it all works and whether it comes across as one cohesive voice and in this case it does. If I picked this book up blind I would never have guessed it was written by two people. I will definitely be looking out for more books by these two!
Libby Curtis never wanted children until she met a gorgeous widower, Nathan, who had young twins. Now ten years later she can't imagine life without Sam and Sienna and she would do anything to protect them. And she means anything. When a teenager is found on the side of the road, Libby is one of the first responders in her role as a paramedic. Her first thoughts are that thankfully it's not Sienna. But she doesn't realise that her whole family is involved somehow in this incident. When she finds a piece of evidence in her stepson’s car she can't believe that he would have been able to do this! Where has her sweet young boy gone? Libby must find out the truth to stop her family from being torn apart but there is someone out there who wants to expose the family for what they have done.
I was enthralled by this book from the very start and I flew through it in one day. It kept my attention with all its twists and turns and there was plenty of action and it was chock full of tension! Did I guess who the ‘bad guy’ was, yes I did but I definitely did not get the background and the reasons for their motivation! You were kept guessing by the authors for quite a long time and there are so many secrets and lies that is it hard to unravel them.
Let me know if you pick this one up!
