The thought of returning to Nusstead terrifies Marianne to no end. She left it all behind so long ago. Now, however, she’s forced to set foot in the town once more. Her mind roils with thoughts about the secrets she left behind. Secrets that were supposed to remain buried. There are those, however, who refuse to let the past remain in the past. If she’s to succeed in a making a life for herself now that she’s returned, she’ll need to deal with everything that’s coming at her from left to right.
If you haven’t read any of Erin’s books yet, I totally recommend them. She’s got an awesome way with words. Trust me when I say so. Every word she weaves allows the reader to fully envision the characters, the environments they find themselves in, as well as the things they do at every turn.
In Stone Mothers, we’re presented with Marianne, a woman who left it all behind in the hopes of making a new life for herself. Imagine her surprise when her husband tells her they’ll be moving back to her home town. The thought of doing so is mind-boggling, something she can’t quite process.
I enjoyed the way Erin showed us Marianne’s horror in going home again. This is a woman who’s done something unimaginable. A woman who’s carried her secrets close throughout years, never once thinking about the fact that someone might push those secrets into the light again. She’s broken, full of pain and heartache, unable to fully deal with the repercussions of what she did so long ago. And yet, she does.
Erin has given this character the means to do what needs to be done. Every step of the way, she shows us who and what Marianne is like. The veneer that surrounds her is cracking. We get to see it happen with every turn of the page. Love the vivid pictures Erin paints within every story she writes. Stone Mothers is just as vivid and thrilling as her other books.
Will Marianne achieve an end to her own means? Or will she crack under the pressure? You’ll have to read the book to find out. Trust me, it’s so worth the read in discovering Marianne’s every secret.
SYNOPSIS
Erin Kelly, the masterful author of He Said/She Said, delivers another irresistible, unputdownable novel of psychological suspense.
You can’t keep the secret.
You can’t tell the truth.
You can’t escape the past…
Marianne was seventeen when she fled her home in Nusstead – leaving behind her family, her boyfriend, Jesse, and the body they buried. Now, thirty years later, forced to return to in order to help care for her sick mother, she can feel the past closing around her. And Jesse, who never forgave her for leaving in the first place, is finally threatening to expose the truth.
Marianne will do anything to protect the life she’s built, the husband and daughter who must never know what happened all those years ago. Even if it means turning to her worst enemy for help… But Marianne may not know the whole story – and she isn’t the only one with secrets they’d kill to keep.
PURCHASE LINKS
AMAZON
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250113717
BARNES & NOBLE
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/stone-mothers-erin-kelly/1128882866
IBOOKS
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/stone-mothers/id1409685360
INDIEBOUND
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250113719
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Erin Kelly was born in London in 1976 and grew up in Essex. She read English at Warwick University and has been working as a journalist since 1998.
She has written for newspapers including the The Sunday Times, The Sunday Telegraph, the Daily Mail and the Express and magazines including Red, Psychologies, Marie Claire, Elle and Cosmopolitan.
SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS
WEBSITE
https://erinkelly.co.uk
FACEBOOK
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Erin-Kelly-author/1525358954390398
TWITTER
https://twitter.com/mserinkelly
INSTAGRAM
https://www.instagram.com/erinjelly
GOODREADS
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1308914.Erin_Kelly
