By: Sheryl Browne
Narrator: Tamsin Kennard
Hachette UK - Bookouture
ISBN: 9781835251867
Publisher: Bookouture
Publication Date: 07/26/2024
Format: e-book
My Rating: 4 Stars ARC)
‘You’re beautiful,’ Alex tells me when we first meet at a mutual friend’s wedding. I’m flattered, and instantly drawn to him. But as we get closer, I soon realise that Alex is keeping a dark secret. But then again, so am I…
Alex and I haven’t been dating for very long when I go to his place for the first time. Feeling self-conscious as I notice a thread coming loose on my dress, he pours me a glass of wine and I take in the pristine room and expensive furnishings. Everything here is perfect, too perfect. Where are the personal touches, the souvenirs from his life? Where are the photos of his friends and family?
‘You can trust me,’ Alex says as he hands me the wine, and my heart beats wildly in my chest. I really want this to work, especially after the disaster of my last relationship. ‘You can trust me too,’ I say, avoiding his eye and wondering if I’m as safe as I thought I was.
As our relationship progresses and we spend more time together, I begin to make plans for our future. Everything is perfect, but one thing is clear:
Both of us are lying. One of us is dangerous…
Fans of The Housemaid, The Perfect Marriage and Gone Girl will absolutely love Keep Me Safe.
Sheryl Browne returns following My Husband's House with her latest twisty domestic suspense, KEEP ME SAFE — A couple meet, two lonely souls, both with hidden dark secret pasts that collide with the present.
About...
A couple meet at a wedding.
Lily has a dark past history.
Alex is a famous actor.
Can they have a relationship?
Do they really trust one another?
Alex finds it difficult to trust others.
Are women after his money?
But they keep dating one another, keeping their feelings to themselves.
Was this a chance meeting, or was it planned?
They do not seem to be working.
They move on.
Years later Lily/Emily thinks Alex is stalking her.
She is trying to keep her family safe. Now she has a child and family to protect.
Someone is threatening her with break-ins and is being followed; however, they have no clue about her past and how fearless she is in protecting herself and her family.
Who is the person who is terrifying her with sick games? The past meets the present for an explosive finale.
My thoughts...
KEEP ME SAFE is a chilling twisty game of cat and mouse with unreliable narrators, where things are not as they appear. It will keep you guessing which one has the most secrets. This one will give you whiplash with all the twists, revenge, obsession, and dysfunction. That ending??
The author ratchets up the suspense and madness. She cleverly explores the dark side of the human psyche with an array of emotions from guilt, low self-esteem, shame, sadness, regret, trauma, and unhealthy and destructive behaviors that can cause other physical symptoms. When fighting back may have devastating consequences. A cautionary tale.
Thanks to Bookouture for a gifted digital review copy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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My Rating: 4 Stars
Pub Date July 26, 2024
About the Author
Bestselling Author, Sheryl Browne, writes taut, twisty psychological thriller. Sheryl’s latest book publishing with fabulous Bookouture is KEEP ME SAFE. Her previous works include several psychological thrillers with Bookouture, the DI Matthew Adams Crime Thriller series and contemporary fiction novels The Rest of My Life and Learning to Love published with Joffe Books. A member of the Crime Writers’ Association and the Romantic Novelists’ Association, she also has short stories in Birmingham City University anthologies where she completed her MA in Creative Writing. Sheryl has obtained a Certificate of Achievement in Forensic Science and – according to readers – she makes an excellent psychopath.
Sheryl lives in Worcestershire UK with her husband and her rescue dogs, Brie and Pablo.
To find out more about Sheryl’s novels you can catch up with on all the usual social media channels or checkout her website: SherylBrowne.com If you would like to join her Bookouture Mailing List you can grab her short story 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗬 #FREE!
