The Pretty One

  • Psychological Thriller

  • February 2021

    • Czech Republic: Euromedia Group

    • World English Language: Bookouture

Everyone in the village admires Anna because she’s a wonderful mother. Juggling family life with a small sewing business, she’s the one they turn to for a warm hug after a hard day. Her kind, polite daughters are a credit to her – even Bay, her stepdaughter, whom Anna loves as much as her own two girls.

But normal family life changes overnight when Anna’s middle daughter’s beauty catches the eye of a stranger in a café. As jealousy erupts between the siblings, Anna’s perfect blended family begins to unravel around her. A devastating secret about the dangerous game they played when they were little girls threatens to break the surface - and the bonds of this close-knit family forever…

To save her girls, Anna must rethink everything she ever thought she knew about love, motherhood and family. She must pick a side, an impossible decision for any mother, but believing the wrong daughter could be fatal.

Anna has already sacrificed so much for her family, but there are no limits to what a mother will do for her daughters.

Selected Praise

Accomplished and atmospheric ... I really enjoyed this un-clichéd yet deeply moving love story.
— Tracy Rees
A story of fraught secrets and tested loyalties ... I found this beautifully told tale hard to put down.
— Anita Frank
Heart-wrenching ... A truly special novel.
— Louise Fein

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