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  Books by Nicola Marsh

  The Liar Next Door

  My Sister’s Husband

  The Last Wife

  The Scandal

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  My Sister’s Husband (Available in the UK and the US)

  The Last Wife (Available in the UK and the US)

  The Scandal (Available in the UK and the US)

  A Letter from Nicola

  I want to say a huge thank you for choosing to read The Liar Next Door. I hope you enjoyed it and take the time to leave a review. If you want to keep up to date with all my latest releases, please sign up at the following link. Your email address will never be shared, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

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  Like My Sister’s Husband, when the idea for The Liar Next Door popped into my head, I had to write it ASAP and the words poured out in a crazy sixteen days. Bringing Frankie, Celeste and Saylor to life was a rush! I hope you loved The Liar Next Door and if you did I’d be grateful if you could write a review. I’d love to hear what you think, and even a few simple words of appreciation makes such a difference helping new readers discover my books for the first time.

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  Thanks for taking the time to read The Liar Next Door.

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  Nicola

  The Last Wife

  Trusting his family was her first mistake.

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  When Ria married Grayson, she worried she would never fit in with the Parkers, her glamorous sisters-in-law or the exclusive picture-perfect Chicago parties her mother-in-law throws. But Grayson said they could create their own family, and when their daughter Shelley was born, Ria finally had the life she had always dreamed of when she was growing up in foster care.

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  Everything changed when Grayson disappeared.

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  Until one morning, Grayson leaves the house for work and never comes home. Left to raise Shelley alone, Ria is forced to turn to her husband’s family, to let her mother-in-law into her life, allow her to babysit Shelley, and accept her financial support. She tries to ignore the feeling that her sisters-in-law never thought she was good enough. They say they have no idea what happened to Grayson, and she tries very hard to believe them.

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  But Ria is about to learn that every Parker wife has secrets.

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  And protecting her daughter might come at a terrible price…

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  Utterly compelling, The Last Wife is an emotionally-charged novel about what one woman will do to survive. Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty, Kerry Fisher and The Other Woman.

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  The Scandal

  My life is like one of those cheap snow globes my twins collected when they were younger. Shiny and pretty on the outside, blurred beyond recognition when shaken.

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  Ever since her twin girls left home, Marisa has felt there’s something missing from her life. Her sprawling mansion is no longer filled with laughter and chaos, and she’s desperate to feel needed… and to be distracted from the secret she’s been hiding from her husband for all these years.

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  Coffee with her best friends might be the only thing holding Marisa together. But Claire and Elly have their own secrets. Like why Claire hasn’t been to work in weeks, or why Elly won’t tell anyone who’s buying her flowers.

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  When Jodi, a pregnant young girl, turns up at Marisa’s doorstep, Marisa is quick to come to her aid. She sees herself in Jodi and she knows how devoting yourself to looking after others can take up all your time in the most marvellous way.

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  But Jodi’s arrival quickly pushes everyone’s lies to the surface. The father of her unborn child is someone the women know very well, and Marisa starts to wonder if her obsession with helping Jodi might come at a devastating price…

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  The Scandal has a twist that will take your breath away. An emotionally charged novel about secrets, affairs and perfect small towns from USA Today bestseller Nicola Marsh that will be devoured by fans of Kerry Fisher, Big Little Lies and The Other Woman.

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  Acknowledgments

  I’m thrilled to have another of my domestic thrillers published with Bookouture and bringing a book to life is a team effort. Huge thanks to the following:

  Jennifer Hunt, editor extraordinaire. We make such a great team and I love working with you.

  Kim Lionetti, my agent, whose support with every book is invaluable.

  Noelle Holton and Kim Nash, publicists at Bookouture, who do a fabulous job of marketing my books.

  Jane Eastgate, for her copyediting skills.

  The entire Bookouture team, you’re amazing and I’m so glad my domestic suspense novels are published with you.

  My neighbors, most of whom have lived here as long as I have. Rest assured, everything in this story is fiction.

  My parents, who moved so often when I was growing up that I’m sure they were just helping me gain neighbor fodder for this future plot!

  Martin, who likes to joke that he’s the inspiration for my dark and twisted books where the wives want to do bad things to their husbands. LOL!

  My beautiful boys, for being you.

  Soraya Lane and Natalie Anderson, my writing support duo.

  Nic’s Super Novas, my reader group on Facebook, who helped me come up with Hambridge Heights as the suburb for this suspenseful tale.

  Janelle Marsh, my cuz, who put the name Frankie into my head for the main character, and April Naomi Lin on Instagram for suggesting Saylor and Luna.

  For the bloggers, reviewers, librarians, and bookstores that take the time to read my books and spread the love.

  Last but not least, my loyal readers, for buying my books. Every purchase enables me to keep writing more books and I’m so thankful!

  We – both author and publisher – hope you enjoyed this book. We believe that you can become a reader at any time in your life, but we’d love your help to give the next generation a head start.

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  Did you know that 9% of children don’t have a book of their own in their home, rising to 13% in disadvantaged families*? We’d like to try to change that by asking you to consider the role you could play in helping to build readers of the future.

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  We’d love you to get involved by sharing, borrowing, reading, buying or talking about a book with a child in your life and spreading the love of reading. We want to make sure the next generation continues to have access to books, wherever they come from.

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  Published by Bookouture in 2021

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  Copyright © Nicola Marsh, 2021

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  Nicola Marsh has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work.

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  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise,
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  eBook ISBN: 978-1-80019-843-2

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  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places and events other than those clearly in the public domain, are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.