The Daughter's Secret

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My daughter is a liar. A liar, liar, liar. And I'm starting to see where she gets it from. When Rosalind's fifteen-year-old daughter, Stephanie, ran away with her teacher, this ordinary family became something it had never asked to be. Their lives held up to scrutiny in the centre of a major police investigation, the Simms were headline news while Stephanie was missing with a man who was risking everything. Now, six years on, Ros takes a call that will change their lives all over again. He's going to be released from prison. Years too early. In eleven days' time. As Temperley's release creeps ever closer, Ros is forced to confront the events that led them here, back to a place she thought she'd left behind, to questions she didn't want to answer. Why did she do it? Where does the blame lie? What happens next?

Eva Holland is a thirty-five-year-old freelance copywriter and public relations consultant with a lifelong love of words and stories. She grew up in Gloucestershire and studied in Leeds before moving to London, where she lives with her husband. The Daughter's Secret is her first novel. Find out more at evaholland.net and follow Eva on Twitter at @hollandeva

Fresh as today's headlines...Emotionally charged, it paints a wracking portrait of the pressures on a woman desperate to protect her daughter while trying to respect her decisions, but Holland guides us through with subtle flair - DAILY MAIL A story to resonate with all parents - THE SUN The Daughter's Secret whips along at a cracking pace and is a commendable debut - WE LOVE THIS BOOK