None of the main characters in this story seem to be who they’re meant to be and when every parent’s worst nightmare happens, the reader is brought on down several possible avenues before the truth is revealed and while one of the main characters was who I had in mind, the eventual outcome left me reeling. I must say I always enjoy reading Valerie Keogh’s books and this one is no different.

A story of obsessive love.
Well written and very unlikeable characters, in fact the only character i felt anything for was the baby!
I changed my mind constantly throughout this book.
An overused word but nothing else describes the constant twists in this book. Loved every page.
I am blaming Valerie Keogh for my lack of sleep as once i picked this up i really could not leave it alone.
My thanks to netgalley and the publisher for my copy.

Sarah is unhappily married to Nick, although he is a great husband, she just doesn't love him, he loves Sarah obsessively, almost smothering her.
She agrees, reluctantly, to have a baby to see if that will heal her marriage.
When the baby is born, Sarah resents the child, as she is now stuck in the marriage, and she confides to her friend, Jade, just how she feels.
Horrifyingly, the baby is stolen on a day out, and Sarah blames herself.

Woweeeeee!! This definitely is a roller coaster of a book, the twists and turns never seem to stop.
I suspected every character in this book, and was right with one of them, but had already discounted the person as a suspect!

I love Valerie Keogh's books, and this one really grabbed me. I didn't want to put it down and the massive twist at the end did not disappoint!

I love this quote from the book.

"Pure love is amazing, but obsessional love can be lethal".

Read this book and it is true.

I highly recommend this book.

Thanks to Netgalley and Boldwood Books for the opportunity to read this book.

A precious gift or her biggest mistake?
Guilty of loving to much led to disaster and murder.
In this mind blowing book, Sarah and Nick Westfield in a marriage where they both want different things, Nick adores her but Sarah knows she doesn't love him enough to stay and make the marriage work and plans to leave him, then she finds she is pregnant.
Turning to her best friend Jade who she tells all, things happen in the most horrendous story to be told, readers will not be able to put this book down.
I just loved reading and right up to the very end that massive twist you wont see coming.
Absolutely fantastic book once again from this brilliant author.

Thanks to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for this Advanced Reader’s Copy of The Mother by Valerie Keogh in exchange for an honest review due to be published June 27, 2024.
I had previously read The Mistress and The Mother by this author, so I was ecstatic to get this one! I only hoped I would like it as much as the other two, and it did not disappoint!
Sarah should be thrilled to be married to her perfect, handsome, kind husband Nick. But she knows she made a mistake and wants out. Nick wants something else – a baby; so Sarah agrees. When the baby arrives and Sarah can’t bond with her, she resents Nick even more. When baby Kaya goes missing, Sarah’s world comes crashing down. Will they find Kaya and save her marriage?
WOW – that about sums up everything that happens in this book. First you think one person is responsible, then another, then another until you are shocked to find out who is responsible for all that happens. I could not wait to keep reading and see what happened and the twists and surprises just kept coming. I will definitely recommend this book to everyone!
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Oh my god! What a book! Literally jam packed with twists, ones you definitely couldn't predict or see coming at all. They where crazy and just when you'd thought there was no more along came more!
I loved how you are kept guessing right till the end you've no idea who to trust or whats happened.
I was so frightened honestly my heart was pounding so many times. I had to keep reading I needed to know what had happened. This was a book I was absolutely hooked to and read in a matter of hours. I'll definitely be recommending this book.