In Her Shadow

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What would you do if your past came back to haunt you A mesmerising story for fans of Kate Morton and Victoria Hislop 'An edge-of-your-seat read . . . Dark and brooding' The Lady 'Enthralling and unnervingly absorbing . . . our top holiday recommendation' Heat __ She thought she'd left the past behind. Now it's coming to find her. Hannah Brown never thought she'd have a best friend like Ellen Brecht. Ellen is everything she isn't - beautiful, daring, glamorous and fierce. Growing up together in rural Cornwall, life seems perfect. But their idyllic childhood is shattered by obsession, betrayal and, ultimately, tragedy. Hannah has tried for twenty years to forget what happened during that terrible summer. Then, one ordinary morning at work, she glimpses a woman who is identical to Ellen. Can it really be her And has Ellen returned to forgive her - or to punish her The thrilling novel from the bestselling author of The Secret by the Lake and The House by the Sea, winner of The Jackie Collins Romantic Thriller Award. __ Readers are captivated by In Her Shadow- ***** 'Full of intrigue and twists. It kept me gripped to the end.' ***** 'I finished the story feeling a bit breathless and as though I'd lived a whole other life.' ***** 'Beautifully written . . . wonderfully descriptive, I could actually smell the sea and imagine myself on the beach.'

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In Her Shadow is captivating, it is compelling and it is powerfully written...I cannot describe how much I loved this book! * http://readinginthesunshine.wordpress.com/ *
An edge-of-your-seat read, which will have you tantalisingly close to the psychosis Hannah seems to be experiencing. Dark and brooding. * The Lady *
Enthralling and unnervingly absorbing... Our top holiday recommendation so far this year. * Heat *

Author Bio

Louise Douglas is a copywriter. She has three sons and lives in Bath with her partner. In Her Shadow is her fourth novel. Her first novel, The Love of My Life, was longlisted for both the Romantic Novel of the Year Award and the Waverton Good Read Award, and her second, Missing You, won the People's Choice Award at the Romantic Novelists' Association Pure Passion Awards 2010.