Husbands and Lies

A brilliant debut novel about love and lies, marriage and mistrust.

a touching and heart warming story and written with real insight and understanding...a very moving debut

A gritty debut. Just keep the tissues handy. *****

This is well thought-out, well written, bittersweet stuff that will make you both weep and laugh. A lovely read from an exciting new author. I look forward to her next.

A skilful, plot-twisting balance of humour and heartbreak.

After an attempted career as a spy, which involved training rocket scientists in the former Soviet Union and winning a black belt in Shotokan karate, Susy McPhee settled down to her writing which has won competitions and been published in extracts by Legend Press, Writer's Billboard and most recently Baineth Publications. 
 
She lives in Perthshire, Scotland.

There are some people you'd do anything for... 
 
For Fran that list would include her husband, Max, her daughter, and her best friend, Alison. Only Alison is now desperately ill and she needs Fran's help. She wants to find her husband a new wife, and leave her young daughter with a new mother. Fran finds the whole idea deeply uncomfortable, but it's hard to refuse your closest friend at the best of times, let alone ignore her dying wishes. 
 
So Fran reluctantly logs on to an internet dating site, where she stumbles across a startlingly familiar profile. 'Footloose' describes himself as divorced, but his photo looks exactly like Fran's husband, Max. What's a wife to do when she suspects her husband's cheating and can't bear to confront him outright? Posing as 'Sassy', Fran sends a reply to 'Footloose' and sets out to date her own husband... But this increasingly crazy plan leads Max to start to have doubts of his own. 
 
Torn between suspicion and love, life for Fran just got very complicated - can her marriage survive?

Susy McPhee

Occasionally a chick-lit novel comes along that doesn't conform to the usual predictable style...it's simply the gritty and dynamic characters who immediately jump out and cause you to live every heartbreaking moment with them. Susy McPhee's descriptive and emotional writing does just that - we instantly emphathise with her characters, and this, her second book, is a refreshingly raw and thought-provoking read...A beautifully written tale you'll devour at once.....Keep a box of tissues handy while you devour this dark novel...

Marion Bishop's life has fallen apart. 
 
Her daughter Hope was killed in a hit-and-run accident six months ago, and now Sam, her beloved husband, has walked out. Left alone with her grief, Marion has begun to contemplate the unthinkable. 
 
However, a strange chance encounter makes her realise that life can be worth living. But can she convince Sam to give their marriage a second chance?

Susy McPhee

Praise for The Runaway Wife

Occasionally a chick-lit novel comes along that doesn't conform to the usual predictable style...it's simply the gritty and dynamic characters who immediately jump out and cause you to live every heartbreaking momen ...

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