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  1. Books by Rona Halsall
  2. Dedication
  3. Prologue
  4. Chapter One
  5. Chapter Two
  6. Three weeks later
  7. Chapter Three
  8. Chapter Four
  9. Chapter Five
  10. Chapter Six
  11. Chapter Seven
  12. Chapter Eight
  13. Chapter Nine
  14. Chapter Ten
  15. Chapter Eleven
  16. Chapter Twelve
  17. Chapter Thirteen
  18. Chapter Fourteen
  19. Chapter Fifteen
  20. Chapter Sixteen
  21. Chapter Seventeen
  22. Chapter Eighteen
  23. Chapter Nineteen
  24. Chapter Twenty
  25. Chapter Twenty-One
  26. Chapter Twenty-Two
  27. Chapter Twenty-Three
  28. Chapter Twenty-Four
  29. Chapter Twenty-Five
  30. Chapter Twenty-Six
  31. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  32. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  33. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  34. Chapter Thirty
  35. Chapter Thirty-One
  36. Chapter Thirty-Two
  37. Chapter Thirty-Three
  38. Chapter Thirty-Four
  39. Chapter Thirty-Five
  40. Chapter Thirty-Six
  41. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  42. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  43. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  44. Chapter Forty
  45. Ten days later
  46. Chapter Forty-One
  47. Seven months later
  48. Love You Gone
  49. Hear More from Rona
  50. A Letter from Rona
  51. Books by Rona Halsall
  52. Her Mother’s Lies
  53. The Honeymoon
  54. Keep You Safe
  55. Acknowledgements
  56. *

I’ll never forget the feeling of holding him in my arms. The softness of his skin. The sweetness of his smile.

But my husband took our son away. He said it was for the best.

He said he’d keep him safe.

And he was always a good father… even if he failed me when I needed him most.

I know I should trust him to protect our little boy… so why can’t I?

A totally gripping psychological thriller about the power of a mother’s love, and the lengths she will go to to protect her child – perfect for fans of Big Little Lies, The Girl on the Train and C.L. Taylor.

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Acknowledgements

Writing is a collaborative process. Yes, the initial idea is mine, but so many people help to shape it during the process of turning that initial nugget of an idea into the 95,000 words of a book!

As always, I’d like to thank my agent, Hayley Steed of Madeleine Milburn TV, Film and Literary Agency, for her enthusiastic support and wise words. I am so proud to be part of team MM!

My publishers do a fantastic job of turning a rough idea into a finished book, and I have to thank my editor, Isobel Akenhead, for her creative input from the ideas stage right through to final draft. Getting the story right is definitely a team effort. Big thanks to managing editor Alex Holmes for doing a fantastic job of organising copyeditors, proofreaders and the audio production. And then there’s Kim Nash and Noelle Holten in the publicity team, who shout about my books and get them noticed. Supported by Alex Crow and the marketing team, who produce the best graphics and do all sorts of magic with adverts behind the scene! There are many other people, I know, within Bookouture who will have had an input at some stage, so I thank you all for your dedication and hard work in making my book the best it can be.

My little team of early readers braved a rough second draft to point out the mistakes and make the book better, so big thanks to Kerry-Ann Mitchell, Gill Mitchell, Sandra Henderson, Wendy Clarke and Sarah Hardy – your feedback was very much appreciated. Also thanks to Hailey Mitchell for letting me use her name and job!

I would also like to thank members of the admin team at the Fiction Café Book Club (a great place for book lovers to hang out) for letting me use their children’s names for characters in this book. Thank you Wendy Clarke for Sophia, Chloe Jordan for Amelia and Michaela Balfour for Ezra.

As always, thanks to my book club for lively discussions and enthusiastic support.