The Girlfriend
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3.9 • 21 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
NOW A PRIME ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING ROBIN WRIGHT AND OLIVIA COOKE!
A chilling domestic thriller, The Girlfriend brilliantly renders the relationships between a fiercely protective mother, a charming son, and the young woman who will stop at nothing to come between them.
Laura Cavendish can’t wait to meet the woman who’s won her son’s affection. Despite a successful career in television and a long, prosperous marriage, Laura’s world revolves around kind, talented Daniel. She pictures his new girlfriend, Cherry, becoming a close friend and confidante … one day, even a daughter-in-law.
But although Cherry is beautiful and amiable, Laura can’t warm to her. There’s something about the possessive way she touches Daniel, the little lies Laura detects. Cherry seems to resent Laura, driving a wedge between mother and son—until one day Daniel is injured in a terrible accident. Six months later, with Daniel still in a coma and facing death, Laura makes a fateful decision—and carries out an astonishing deceit.
A handsome doctor for a husband, with a trust fund and a family villa in Saint-Tropez—it was all supposed to be Cherry’s. Now, instead of living with Daniel in his impeccable home, she’s jobless and broke. And then Cherry discovers Laura’s stunning deception. But Cherry is too clever, too ambitious to let her get away with it. She has already transformed herself into Daniel’s dream woman. Now she’ll become Laura’s worst nightmare.
Author Michelle Frances masterfully weaves both women’s perspectives into this gripping, artfully plotted psychological thriller, propelling the reader through one dark twist after another toward a shocking, unforgettable finale.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Find out how far a mother would go to protect her son in this compelling psychological thriller. Daniel is an aspiring doctor from a wealthy family who falls hard for Cherry, a realtor with a working-class background. Daniel’s mom, Laura, fears that Cherry is after her son’s money rather than his heart. Debut author Michelle Frances pits two brilliantly manipulative women against each other and lets the sparks—and the lies—fly. Her characters feel lived in (even supporting players like Cherry’s hardworking mother, Wendy). Narrator Henrietta Meire nails down the entire cast, skillfully channeling their charms and neuroses. As Laura and Cherry fight over Daniel and his future, the head games build to a breathless crescendo that threatens to upend everyone’s lives.