Marcel Rouwé Books

Sunday Times bestselling author's brand new thriller about one woman's quest to reclaim her life What turns someone into a monster? Are they born that way, or is it a choice? I suppose it can be either or both Morgan Albright dreams of owning her own bar one day but she's bartending for now - working hard, saving money. Life is hectic but she loves sharing a house with her best friend, Nina, and she is even finding time to date for the first time in what feels like forever. When a seemingly random attack turns Morgan's life upside down, she must leave the city to return to her family home. She hopes that moving back to a small town where she can feel safe will help her to put the horror of that day behind her but, as Morgan soon discovers, sometimes your past just doesn't want to let you go...

In the rugged Black Hills of South Dakota, a childhood friendship matures into an adult passion when something ... or someone ... threatens Lil Chance and her dream to open a wildlife refuge. The heartless killing of Lil's beloved cougar and recollections of an unsolved murder catapult New York investigator Coop Sullivan into action to keep Lil safe

Shelby Foxworth lost her husband. Then she lost her illusions …   The man who took her from Tennessee to an exclusive Philadelphia suburb left her in crippling debt. He was an adulterer and a liar, and when Shelby tracks down his safe-deposit box, she finds multiple IDs. The man she loved wasn’t just dead. He never really existed.   Shelby takes her three-year-old daughter and heads south to seek comfort in her hometown, where she meets someone new: Griff Lott, a successful contractor. But her husband had secrets she has yet to discover. Even in this small town, surrounded by loved ones, danger is closer than she knows—and threatens Griff, as well. And an attempted murder is only the beginning …

On the day that Rachel Jenner's eight-year-old son Ben goes missing, the bottom falls out of her world. Desperate to find her boy, she's completely unprepared for how quickly her personal hell is thrust into the media spotlight. She let Ben out of her sight, and now he's gone - so of course the nation thinks she is to blame. But what really happened that afternoon? Caught between the tragedy of losing her son, a frenetic police investigation and a public who have turned against her, Rachel must now face the awful truth - that everything she knew about herself and the people around her is a lie. And there is nobody left, not even her family, who she can trust. In this emotional and wholeheartedly captivating psychological thriller, we see how a mother's single mistake can cause nationwide fury. The clock is ticking to find Ben alive. But this is a trial by public opinion. Whose side are you on?

Nine years after escaping the violence in Cameroon, Vanessa Michael Munroe, the daughter of American missionaries, agrees to help Houston oilman Richard Burbank find his adopted daughter, who vanished four years ago while visiting west central Africa.

Emily Robertson mag niet klagen. Ze woont in een gerestaureerde boerderij in Toscane, met drie schattige kinderen en een succesvolle en liefhebbende man een mooier leven kan ze zich niet wensen. Maar wanneer haar man haar per sms dumpt, zit ze met de handen in het haar. Hoe moet ze zich redden, ver weg van de grote stad, zonder man, zonder geld, met een incompleet woordenboek Italiaans en een psychotische schoonmaakster? Terwijl Emily probeert haar leven weer op de rails te krijgen, zorgen haar kinderen voor nog meer complicaties. Haar oudste dochter is hopeloos verliefd op de locale casanova, haar middelste dochter lijdt aan een gevaarlijk ondergewicht en haar liefste jongste is eigenlijk een kreng. Het enige lichtpuntje lijken haar dorpsgenoten uit Monte Albano te zijn. Tot Emily's verrassing en opluchting wordt ze al snel opgenomen in het dorpse leven. En dat is vele malen ingewikkelder dan ze ooit had kunnen denken...

In the vein of Victoria Hislop and Julia Gregson, this engrossing and poignant debut conjures up a Cretan village peopled with vivid characters, a wealth of fascinating historical detail, and amazing storiesa shocking story of heroic resistance and cruel betrayal that has been little covered in novels of WWII.