Thank you very much to NetGalley and Bookouture for the advance copy of The Secret Mother by Shalini Boland. As soon as I read the synopsis of this book I just couldn't wait to read it and I was absolutely delighted when my request to netgalley was approved and I left a half finished book aside and started reading The Secret Mother at and I literally read it in one sitting from 9 pm last night until 2:15 am I literally could not put it down!!!! The story line and the twists and the way it's written it just draws you in completely and you have to know where it's going I literally couldn't read fast enough and I couldn't put it down absolutely addictive and brilliant and an end I didn't see coming this is one book you have to read and it gets 5 huge stars from me!!!!

A parent’s worst nightmare is that their child will be taken. What happens if someone else’s child suddenly appears in your home? Tessa Markham has found a total stranger, a child in her home, asking if she is his mother. Tessa immediately contacts the police, but instead of believing her story, they believe Tessa kidnapped the child herself. No one believes Tessa. not the authorities, her friends or family. How can she prove her innocence? The ending of this book blew me out of the water, you won’t be able to put this down