Tainted

An accomplished and utterly compelling debut in the vein of Jodi Picoult from a wonderful new talent.

An accomplished debut that announces a stunning new talent to the dark world of the psychological thriller.

From love story to suspense in one thriller twist

This sneak-up-on-you page-turner ... will chill your soul ... Haunting

An impeccably paced suspense novel ... successfully exploits the classic woman-in-jeopardy (plus child) theme.

Brooke Morgan is an American living in London. Tainted is her first novel.

He was to be her future. But what of his past...? 
 
When Holly Barrett meets Jack Dane, she falls rapidly and passionately in love for the first time in her life. Within six weeks they are married and Jack opens up a whole new world for Holly and her young daughter Katy, offering them a way out of the small-town Massachusetts existence in which they have become trapped. 
 
But Holly knows very little about the enigmatic Englishman who has come into their lives so unexpectedly. Parts of his life story seem destined to remain forever shrouded in shadow yet, happier than she has ever been, Holly sees only interference and jealousy when her beloved grandfather, Henry, and best friend, Anna, tentatively start to raise questions about Jack's past 
 
However, as the truth starts to emerge, it soon becomes frighteningly possible that everything that Holly has ever believed in could be a terrible lie. And that rather than marrying the man who will save her and Katy from their safe but small world, Holly may have brought a monster into all their lives...

Brooke Morgan

Everyone has to live with their past, but no one should be haunted by it... 
 
Ellie Walters is determined to get back on her feet after the break-up of her marriage. Now living on Cape Cod with her increasingly angry and troubled teenage son, Tim, she tentatively believes they can build a new life together. And when Ellie finds herself falling for her new neighbour's son, Joe, she feels she can at last move on. 
 
Until, one day, elements connected to a tragic event in Ellie's past - an event she has never been able to come to terms with - start appearing. It seems that someone is determined to make her suffer, all over again. Whilst a misunderstanding drives a rift between her and Joe and her relationship with Tim threatens to deteriorate completely, a confused and frightened Ellie seems powerless to stop what seems increasingly like a terrifying campaign of persecution. And Ellie is faced with the horrifying possibility that she'll be trapped in this nightmare for ever...

Brooke Morgan

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