A Mother's Lie by Leah Mercer - Review

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It’s my stop on the Books on Tour today for *A Mother’s Lie by Leah Mercer. An unputdownable and heartbreaking read about how far we will go to protect those we love the most.

Book Description

My darling child… all I’ve ever yearned for. But how do I keep you safe?

When Ali retreats to her seaside cottage, all she wants is to be alone. To reconnect with a place that has always felt like home until her baby is born.

But then her life collides with the people living in the house next door, Michael and Meg, and she is immediately welcomed into their perfect life with their beautiful baby Jem. As they help her prepare for her own arrival, Ali knows she has made the right choice for her baby in returning to Seashine Cottage.

When Michael leaves suddenly for a work trip, and Meg impulsively invites Ali to move in, it becomes clear things aren’t as perfect as they first seemed.

Meg is holding on to a dark secret. And as her behaviour becomes ever more erratic – leaning on Ali for increasing amounts of help – while Michael shows no signs of returning, Ali begins to worry.

Does she need to protect herself and her unborn child from the new friend she thought would help keep her safe? And what about her own devastating secret… the one she’s been running from?

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What I Thought

Loving the multiple character viewpoint in A Mother’s Lie. After the first few pages I was hooked on Leah Mercer’s emotional and tense read. It had all the sustenance of a psychological thriller, but with bucketfuls of emotions!

The main character Ali is a strong independent woman who is determined to bring her baby into this world alone. After an argument with her husband over the unborn baby, she packs her bag and heads over to stay in her late grandmother’s run-down cottage.

It’s very smart of the author to run Ali’s late grandmother’s story alongside Ali’s in the same cottage. What do the stories have in common? Neighbours Michael and Meg next door… Who seem like the perfect family with baby Jem, until Michael disappears one night during a storm.

You are really in for a great read with this one. You will be chilled to the bone, gripped, and won’t be able to put it down! PS. Don’t forget your tissues!

A well deserved 5 out of 5 stars

Thanks to Bookouture and Netgalley for my copy

Author Bio

Leah Mercer was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the east coast of Canada. Her first ambition was to be a journalist, but after completing a master’s in journalism, she soon realised she preferred anything other than reporting the news. After trying her hand at public relations, teaching and recruitment in various countries around the world, she finally settled in London and returned to writing… fiction, this time. Her first two novels, Who We Were Before and The Man I Thought You Were, were shortlisted at the UK’s Romantic Novelists’ Association Awards. Leah loves books, running and visiting historic houses with her husband and their son.

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