You let her in. You’ll wish you hadn’t.Following a whirlwind romance, Rose and Chris’s marriage has been unshakeable for twenty years. But when teenager Katie turns up on their doorstep, blonde, wide-eyed and beautiful, their perfect life threatens to crumble to pieces. Because Katie says she’s Chris’s long-lost daughter, the product of a forgotten summer fling.The couple is still reeling from … fling.
The couple is still reeling from shock when Katie tells them she has nowhere to go. The couple is her only hope. Kind-hearted Rose invites Katie to stay, despite Chris’s protests. The poor girl has only just lost her mother – they can’t leave her out on the street.
But soon after Katie moves in, strange things start happening. Someone crashes into a neighbour’s fence. An unexplained fire starts in the couple’s kitchen. And a family friend coming to visit disappears on the way to the house. Chris insists Katie has to go. But it’s Chris who won’t explain where he was at the time their friend went missing…
The couple’s dream life seems to be turning into a nightmare. With dark secrets about Chris’s history with Katie’s mother coming to light, Rose no longer knows who to trust. Soon, she isn’t sure whether she’s invited a dangerous stranger into her home, or whether she’s been living with one all along…
A chilling thriller that will make you question everything you think you know about your loved ones. Fans of The Woman in the Window, Then She Was Gone and The Perfect Child won’t be able to put this book down.
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Perfect Stranger
By Jake Cross
365 pages
psychological thriller
2
The blurb drew me in straight away. I had such high hopes for this book. Sadley for me none of the characters were very likeable. I failed to connect with any of them , making it a very long read. It starts out slow , confusing and was just so unbelievable. Even the ending was strange and fairly predictable. Unfortunately, this book just was not for me. Thank you to NetGalley , the publisher and author for the ARC of this book. This is my honest review. All opinions are my own.
First, I want to thank Jake Cross, Bookouture, and NetGalley for providing me with this book so I may bring you this review.
Jake Cross was blessed with an incredible gift writing psychological thrillers. His newest book Perfect Stranger is a must-read book. This is a book that will leave you speechless and in shock. As I was reading it in my head I could see it being shown as a movie on Lifetime Channel. He captured everything from mystery, suspense, intense drama, secrets, lies, infidelity, twists and turns, coming out, investigations, etc.
A warning to readers this book may contain triggers for some. These would be suicide, physical and verbal abuse, parental neglect, severe mental illness, etc.
Kudos to the graphic artist who created the cover! It was pure genius! It totally represented Katie and the house in my eyes. The cover, title and the saying on the front cover made me want to know more about the book.
In the acknowledgements I like how he thanks everyone at Bookouture for their sheer brilliance. I smiled when he specifically mentioned Noelle and Kim for giving him great advice and back-slaps and reality checks at the same time.
The funny thing as I was reading this there was one thing that kept popping into my head. That one thing was be careful who you have a one night stands with. It could bite you in the booty big time later on!
I could tell by his writing style that James was extremely passionate about his characters and storylines. Especially Katie. One thing I loved with her was her character progression where at the very end you saw all of her true colors shine through! They were nothing I had ever read about in the past! I was totally shocked and blown away. Rarely does that happen.
I love how Jake Cross mind worked on this story! I am an instant fan of his and would gladly review for him again in a heartbeat.
Suspenseful, twisted thriller all the way through. A lovely family of three with a wonderful life are mugged one night while out and a beautiful stranger saves them from further harm. Turns out she says she’s your long lost daughter from a summer fling 20 years ago. The story unfolds in a mostly predictable way except for how terrifying the journey!
Perfect Stranger is a haunting, nail biting twisted thriller.
Read it in a day. Might have nightmares tonight but it was worth it.
When Rose and Chris let Kate in who proclaiming Chris is her dad , the trouble starts.
Not answering my door anytime soon.
You know something is off, you don’t know why they are trusting Kate so you turn the pages as fast as you can to see why.
You want to warn Chris, Rose and their daughter to look out and run.
Another great read by Jake Cross.
Thanks to Net Galley and Bookouture for giving me the opportunity to read The Perfect Stranger.