The Engagement

by Samantha Hayes

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Pub Date Jan 10 2023 | Archive Date Jan 10 2023

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General Fiction (Adult) | Mystery & Thrillers

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Description

You thought you had escaped him. Until he proposed to your daughter.

‘There’s someone I want you to meet,’ Belle says, as a man draws up to her side. He’s tall with dark hair and stubble on his square jaw. He’s dressed in expensive-looking clothes – tan trousers and a fitted navy shirt. He’s not exactly smiling, but the corner of his mouth curls upwards as he slides his hand around my eighteen-year-old daughter’s waist.

I grab my husband’s arm to steady myself as my heart kicks into a thunderous gallop.

I’m frozen.

It’s as though I’m under water. The room spins around me.

I stare into his eyes – jet black. Nothing and everything hidden behind them.

Fear prickles my skin as I remember what he did.

How I only just escaped.

All the lies I’ve had to tell since.

‘I want you to meet Jack,’ Belle says, bouncing up and down with excitement. ‘He’s my fiancé.’ She rests her head on his shoulder. ‘Isn’t it exciting? We’re engaged!’

I have to stop this.

If I don’t, I’ll lose everything…

A totally gripping psychological thriller from an Amazon No1. bestseller that will take you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions and have you gasping at the twists. Fans of The Housemaid, Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train will be flipping pages all night long!

You thought you had escaped him. Until he proposed to your daughter.

‘There’s someone I want you to meet,’ Belle says, as a man draws up to her side. He’s tall with dark hair and stubble on his...

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Advance Praise

Everyone is talking about Samantha Hayes:

‘LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!!!!!! YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE THE TWISTS AND YOU WILL NOT GUESS THE ENDING! THIS BOOK MUST BE READ BY EVERYONE.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars

‘Holy moly… twist after twist after twist. Wooooooow sooooooo good!!!… I can't even describe it until I pick my mouth up off the floor.If this isn't on you reading list I ask you why not?!!!!!’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars

‘Wow, just wow!!!!! I’m speechless!!!!!… I absolutely loved this dark and twisted book. I kept thinking what would I do if I was in this woman’s shoes… had me guessing the whole way though. I had no idea what was going to happen from one minute to the next… so many twists and turns.’ Blue Moon Blogger, 5 stars

‘Unputdownable! Clever, twisty, and altogether spine-chilling!’ NetGalley reviewer

‘I read this book in literally two hours. The twist and turns were enough to make me gasp for breath. You are absolutely going to love this book,but you may need to read it with a defibrillator!’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars

‘Hooked until the end. I couldn’t put it down. I was reading it on my phone during silly hours of the morning… had me going “noooooo” out loud!… Just what I love in a psychological thriller… It had me on the edge of my seat.’ Goodreads reviewer

‘Intoxicating, intriguing, and simply an unputdownable story.’ Rubie Reads, 5 stars

Everyone is talking about Samantha Hayes:

‘LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!!!!!! YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE THE TWISTS AND YOU WILL NOT GUESS THE ENDING! THIS BOOK MUST BE READ BY EVERYONE.’...