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Her Secret Life
2024
First Published
4.26
Average Rating
350
Number of Pages

I thought I could trust my mother. But everything I thought I knew was a lie… It’s been a year since my husband died. A whole year that I’ve had to play the grieving widow. But the truth is that he destroyed my life. He’s the reason I haven’t spoken to my mother or sisters in years. Now, I’m finally free to tell them the truth…. But as I approach my childhood home for the first time in twenty years, my heart drops at the sight of police tape, and it shatters when I’m told my mother’s body has been recovered from the lake behind the house. I’m too late. Desperate for answers, my sisters and I search her house. But something isn’t right. Her clothes are missing and everything is covered in a thick layer of dust. Our mother hasn’t lived here for months. Then we’re told we’ve inherited a house we never knew existed. Is that where she’s been hiding, all this time? We’re certain this house is the key to revealing why our mother died. But when we finally unearth the truth, everything we thought we knew about our past comes crashing down. Because my mother’s secret goes much deeper than my own… But will it drive me and my sisters apart forever? Or does it have the power to finally heal our rift? Fans of Liane Moriarty, Laura Dave and Diane Chamberlain will adore this completely gripping page-turner about how the people closest to us can have the most shocking of secrets.

Avg Rating
4.26
Number of Ratings
1,493
5 STARS
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3 STARS
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Author

Anna E. Collins
Anna E. Collins
Author · 8 books
ANNA E. COLLINS is a Seattle-area author who writes stories about the lives and loves of women. Once upon a time she was a teacher with a master’s degree in educational psychology. Nowadays, plotting fiction and raising humans are her main pursuits. Find her (and her canine sidekick) on Instagram, @aeccreates.
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