This was one of the best books that I’ve read in a long time! I seriously could not put it down and read it all in one day. I look forward to hearing more from this author.
Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

I was pleasantly surprised just how much I enjoyed this book. I read it in one sitting. Very fast paced. Thank you Net Galley.

Good read. Predictable. But, great writing and there were points that had be second guessing my guess.
Cheers to the author for a really great prose and great storyline.
3.5 stars
Thank you @NetGalley, the publisher and the author for my ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I was very eager and excited to start reading this book, after I had read the blurb.

The story flows beautifully and is full of intense moments that make you so eager to continue on. The characters are well written and engaging.

I really could not recommend this book more to anyone,.

How safe are your secrets?
One letter a week for fifteen years. 780 identical white envelopes brimming with my sister’s darkest secrets. All the intimate details of a life as different to mine as could possibly be.

This is a book about Ellie and Tia, who are identical twin sisters but are very different. It was a very creepy ride about family drama, lies, and of course secrets. It's a well written novel with a darkly sinister ending!

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Pub Date: 14 Nov 2018

I went in not expecting anything in particular as its the first time I've read Valerie Keogh.

I really enjoyed this and read it in one sitting staying up until the early hours of the morning! The storyline was interesting and I looked forward to seeing where it went. You do get to the point where you know what's going to happen but it then becomes about seeing how the rest unfolds. Kept me interested and I would recommend to others for sure.

Written in an easy to read style, this cracking story starts off all innocent and gradually gets darker and darker as one event leads to unforeseeable consequences and a chilling ending! The tension builds slowly, but soon we're wondering about everyone's motives and how they're going to react. Oooh, loved it!

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Valerie Keogh has written a captivating story.

Twin sisters, opposite lives by every accord. Ellie is smart, successful, and outgoing. Tia is vulnerable with behavioral health issues. When the residential facility that Tia lives in shuts down, Ellie and her husband, Will, are forced to take Tia in. However, there is a terrible mistake one night and things go from bad to worse. Everyone involved is faced with ‘Secrets and Lies, Guilt and Regrets’.

This book was highly character driven and the plot was fairly intense. While an avid reader of this genre could foresee the direction of the narrative, it did not take away from the story. The writing was superb and Keogh did an excellent job at giving the reader that bit of an edge throughout the book. 4 stars.

Twin Sisters, one a successful professional, unable to conceive, the other works in an assisted residential home, never taking a day off. Then the home closes and she moves in with her twin Sister.

This is a mystery, but, with little mystery as it's so easy to guess what happens. Having said that, it's well written and so, for me, a 2* OK read.


Thanks to NetGalley and Bookoutre for the opportunity to preview this book in exchange for my honest review.

2/5

Whomever marketed this book as mystery and thriller should be fired.
It has more drama than mystery and the mystery (if it could be said that) doesn't even happened until almost the end.

I am expecting something akin to Gone Girl with varieties in he said she said (or in this case would be she said she said), but what I get is a family drama of an identical twins with problems you could spot from the beginning and you lost your interest after they kept the drama.

It might make an OK read to someone else, but to me it wasn't.

Secrets Between Us by Valerie Keogh was a thriller that I could not put down and I read in one day.
This story is about identical twin sisters. Ellie a successful business woman and Tia who is slow and lives in an assisted residential home. Ellie hasn't seen her sister for fifteen years and her only communication was by letter but when the home Tia lives is in due to close she takes her home to live with her and her husband. Things don't go well with this new arrangement and after a terrible mix up rapidly get even worse.
I really enjoyed this book and found that the story hooked me from the first page.
I guessed what was going to happen because there were plenty of clues but this did not stop me from enjoying the book. I will certainly be looking of for other books from this author. I would like to thank NetGalley and Bookouture for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

A good read, held my interest throughout but personally, not what I call a gripper but a thoroughly good read.

FABULOUS! TEN STARS!

What can I say to give this book the review it deserves? The writing is wonderful, the story mesmerizing, and the characters realistic and believable. I had to rush through the final few pages at the end because I couldn't stand the suspense and just had to know the ending. I did predict the outcome. But wasn't entirely sure so I would say that's not a negative here. I loved everything about this book and highly recommend it!

I so enjoyed this book 2 identical sisters one who has it all the other struggles with things to remember is in a home I not giving the story away you need to read for your self I figured it out half way I like the way the author has wrote it all I will say all is not as it seems looking forward reading more from this author

Ellie and Tia are identical twin sisters. However, they are not identical in mind... Ellie is high-spirited, passionate, outgoing, and a brilliant executive. Tia, however, is described as "a little slow, vulnerable and needy."

Although one thing Ellie cannot do is have a baby., Of course Ellie's husband, Will, wants to start a family.

When Tia's assisted living situation closes down, Ellie (not happily) ;picks Tia up. Tia lives with her sister and Will until - it is assumed - another place is available for Tia to move to. Will is much more understanding of Tia and is in no hurry for her to leave. Additionally, he is losing his patience with Ellie's negative attitude - particularly that toward her sister. One night Will goes out with the boys, gets very drunk, comes home and has sex with his wife in the hallway the minute he arrives home. After awhile, Ellie notices that Tia may be pregnant. When asked, Tia tells her, …"Just Will..."

So, Ellie fakes pregnancy so Will and her can say the baby is theirs - the baby they (Will) always wanted. (I started to wonder where they got the idea that it would be so easy to just pry the baby away from Tia???)

The pregnancy and baby classes continue for Tia and Will. Of course, Ellie continues to work with successively larger fake "baby pouches." Tia has the baby and calls him "Bill". Nannies are there to assist Tia and the rest of the family. Jealousy, difficult alliances, tears and baby issues ensue.

When a spot at a new assisted living situation arises, Bill is left with the nanny as Ellie drives an unsuspecting Tia there. And, of course, there is a car accident and one of the twins dies.

Unfortunately, I had the plot figured out very early on, yet I still hoped that a surprise was in store for me. I did read this book quickly... I needed to find out if I was right. I felt the characters were quite unbelievable and all seemed to be acting in their own self-interest. No twists. Mostly, the three main characters were pitting one against the other, playing "games', creating tension and displaying childish rivalry.

A quick, but predictable, read.

Thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for a quick read!

DNF at 44%

Mild rant and mild spoilers involved, proceed with caution - or don't read

What I expected-
A Successful woman, a mentally disabled twin, the said successful woman dies and her twin covers the murderer using former's old letters. Little bit of detective work and some surprise elements thrown into mix and voila - amazing book here.

What it actually was -
A successful woman, unable to have child, a mentally disturbed twin, comes to live with family, huge mix up situation with husband, pregnancy, cover up and blah blah blah

The person who has written the blurb should actually read the book first because it seems like, he or she hasn't and it certainly could NOT be author herself, I refuse to believe that.

It could have been so much better if reader was given a chance to know what to expect in the story...the blurb is completely misleading...total disaster

I would give this book more stars if I could!!!! Holy cow was this a thrilling book! Is Tia as innocent as she seems or does she have a sinister agenda? This was definitely a thriller in every sense of the word. I enjoyed this book from the very start learning about the identical twin relationship between Tia and Ellie. I had no idea where this book was heading and I was pleasantly surprised by all the twists and turns. I really loved this book and recommend reading if you love a great thriller!

This was one heck of a ride from midnight to 3am. I couldn't seem to stop reading, I tried really hard to shut down my kindle, but I had to get to the ending.

Indentical twins, Tia and Ellie, one in a high powered finance job in London with a husband, Will, and the other slightly 'slow' and very innocent, placed in a residential home for 15+ years. The only means of communication between the sisters was the letters Ellie sent every Friday which reached Tia on Monday.

My first book by Valerie Keogh, and it was an addicting ride. The book started with Tia receiving the letters, and Ellie having the worst day of her life with shocking news. And subsequently, Tia comes to stay with them. I liked how the author has started the book with a bang, slowly building up the pitch. There were bread crumbs of clues strewn to raise the suspicions.

The plot and the ending were well written and could be easily deduced, but it is the journey of the writing which kept me captive. There was an alluring quality to it, I literally felt like a fly stuck in a spider's web who had to keep reading on, to escape. The scenes caused a tidal wave of emotions to arise, it had me going OMG constantly. Ellie's pain was so beautifully depicted.

One niggle stayed with me, and I kept hoping that it would come out. It didn't. All I can say is that the autopsy reveals everything. And I did guess the ending, I think I may have seen a movie or read something similar, years ago.

The book was my Venus fly, and any book which can bring me closer to The End can be called nothing but addictive, unputdownable, and a joyride!!

I only got this book a couple of days ago, and I could not leave it down, the two principle characters, Tia and Ellie are developed so well that you constantly change your allegiance from one to the other., It is a page turner and holds your interests throughout. I did not want the book to end as I felt there were more developments to happen, maybe another book on the way. Well done again to this author Valerie Keogh for a superb story.

"Secrets and lies. Guilt and regrets" Well this pretty much sums up this book and does make you think well what if !! I really did enjoy it very much, the storyline was an interesting one and my feelings towards the characters changed as the book progressed which made for a book that was as they say “ unputdownable “. I had predicted the ending but because the writing was so good it kept me gripped and so this in no way spoiled the book at all and in fact was very satisfying as it was exactly what I wanted to happen. I haven't read any other books by this author but I will make sure I do as I was impressed by the way the book was written. Enjoyable and different a good solid 4 star read, my thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for being given a chance to read the ARC.