Новинки Виктория Хелен Стоун

After a brutal childhood, Jane Doe has been permanently wired to look after herself and only herself. Now, looking next to normal, Jane has a lover and a job. But she hasn't lost her edge. It sharpens when she hears from her estranged family.
Jane's deeply troubled sixteen-year-old niece, Kayla, has vanished, and no one seems to care. Neither does Jane. Until she sees a picture of Kayla and recognizes herself in the young girl's eyes. It's the empty stare of a sociopath.
Jane knows what vengeful and desperate things Kayla is capable of. Only Jane can help her - by being drawn into Kayla’s dark world. And no one's more aware than Jane just how dangerous that can be

Джейн ведет обычную жизнь рядовой сотрудницы страховой компании: в меру общительная, в меру привлекательная в своем цветастом платье, высокоэффективная на низкооплачиваемой должности. Она как раз такая, как нравится менеджеру среднего звена Стивену Хепсуорту — безропотная, уязвимая, мечтающая о крепком мужском плече. Но окружающие не подозревают, кто она на самом деле, — и меньше всего сам Стивен. Простушка Джейн кое-что скрывает. Хепсуорт разбудил худшее в ней, и теперь ее ничто не остановит. Она проникнет в сердце Стивена, позволит ему соблазнить себя, заставит впустить в его жизнь и семью, поделиться грязными секретами. Джейн выведает все, что важно для него, — чтобы отнять это… Как он поступил с ней.

A double life with a single purpose: revenge.
Jane’s days at a Midwest insurance company are perfectly ordinary. She blends in well, unremarkably pretty in her floral-print dresses and extra efficient at her low-level job. She’s just the kind of woman middle manager Steven Hepsworth likes—meek, insecure, and willing to defer to a man. No one has any idea who Jane really is. Least of all Steven.
But plain Jane is hiding something. And Steven’s bringing out the worst in her.
Nothing can distract Jane from going straight for his heart: allowing herself to be seduced into Steven’s bed, to insinuate herself into his career and his family, and to expose all his dirty secrets. It’s time for Jane to dig out everything that matters to Steven. So she can take it all away.
Just as he did to her.

A double life with a single purpose: revenge.

Jane’s days at a Midwest insurance company are perfectly ordinary. She blends in well, unremarkably pretty in her floral-print dresses and extra efficient at her low-level job. She’s just the kind of woman middle manager Steven Hepsworth likes—meek, insecure, and willing to defer to a man. No one has any idea who Jane really is. Least of all Steven.

But plain Jane is hiding something. And Steven’s bringing out the worst in her.

Nothing can distract Jane from going straight for his heart: allowing herself to be seduced into Steven’s bed, to insinuate herself into his career and his family, and to expose all his dirty secrets. It’s time for Jane to dig out everything that matters to Steven. So she can take it all away.

Just as he did to her.

At forty-five, Hannah Smith is at a crossroads. That’s her spin on it. The reality is she’s divorced, jobless, and moving back to her family home in Iowa to keep an eye on her mother, who’s slipping into dementia. Her return stirs up the same unnerving sense of disconnect Hannah has felt since childhood―always the odd girl out, the loner outshone by her two older sisters. Hannah knew the feelings of hurt would come back. But she never expected fear. Because when her mother looks into her eyes and whispers, “You’re not my daughter,” Hannah is beginning to believe it’s not just the rambling of a confused woman.

It’s the truth.

Now Hannah’s following the trail of a family mystery to the dark coast of Big Sur, where years ago a lie was born―and buried. As frightened as she is to unearth it, Hannah knows this is the last chance she has before her past―and all its terrible secrets―are lost forever.

EVELYN TESTER liigub läbi oma äärelinnaelu otsekui unes – kuni üks hilisöine telefonikõne ta ärkvele ehmatab. Tema abikaasa, maineka psühhiaatriga on juhtunud õnnetus, ja ta ei ole üksinda.
Järsku ei olegi Evelyni maailm enam nii korras, nagu ta arvas. Ja selle kõige keskel on Juliette, tema mehe salaarmuke ja patsient. Kui uudis nende armuloost avalikuks saaks, ei hävitaks see ainult Evelyni abielu. Ehkki see on Evelyni jaoks mõru pill, peab ta perekonna kaitsmiseks suu kinni hoidma – isegi kui, nagu talle selguma hakkab, õnnetuseöö avalikustamise tagajärjed on palju ohtlikumad kui armuloo paljastamine.
Mida rohkem saab Evelyn teada Juliette’i täiuslikust elust – mille juurde kuulub ka kena, teadmatuses viibiv abikaasa –, seda enam igatseb ta kättemaksu… ja rahuldust. Süvenev kinnismõte toidab raevu, mis põletab tema rahulolu.