Additionally, you know that Kay is somehow connected since we become familiar with this story, but I was left guessing until the end. Kay knows that she needs to escape Alan before he ends up taking her life.Īs you continue reading the story, you see the mental decline of both Stella and Lori, which makes things a bit confusing, but it becomes quite apparent why. However, Alan’s behavior changes and he becomes incredibly violent and controlling. Kay and Alan married after a year of dating, even though her parents were hesitant about Alan. Kay felt like the luckiest woman in the world when she met Alan since he didn’t seem to judge her for being a teen mom. While Lori is in the house, memories of Stella’s past begin to haunt her.Īs the story continues, we jump back to the past to the story of Kay. Stella is forced to choose between helping Lori and upsetting Jack, so she decides to hide Lori in the house. Jack is immediately weary of Lori since he suspects that she’s hiding something.
Stella is floored when a battered woman named Lori shows up at her door seeking refuge since apparently the house used to be a refuge home for battered women.
The mood is cut short when Stella and Jack are startled with an incessant banging on their front door. The remodel has definitely taken on toll on their relationship, so one evening Stella decides that she is going to go above and beyond to recreate the mood for the two of them. If you loved The Girl on the Train, The Wife Between Us or The Woman in the Window then this dark, twisting psychological thriller from Amazon chart bestseller Jess Ryder is guaranteed to have you gripped.įollowing the death of her parents, Stella decides to use her inheritance to buy a fixer-upper by the sea to share with her boyfriend Jack and turn it into her dream home. Lori seems to know a lot about Westhill House.Ī gripping, spine-chilling read brimming with secrets and lies. The hidden papers underneath the floorboards in the turret room.Īnd the fact that Westhill House is a place women used to go to feel safe… Like the children’s drawings under the wallpaper in the back bedroom. She’s helping to restore the house, uncovering its secrets one by one. She has her own troubles yet she always listens to mine. It may be falling apart with an overgrown garden, but with some tender loving care, we can repair this beautiful building and perhaps our relationship too…īut the more time I spend renovating our new house, the more time Jack is spending at work.Īt least Lori is here to keep me company. When I first set eyes on Westhill House with its breath-taking views of the sea I knew Jack and I could make this our forever home.
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