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**Helen Monks Takhar’s latest psychological thriller, Such A Good Mother, is available to pre-order now** YOUR FIRST MISTAKE WAS LETTING HER IN… ‘Oh my gosh, this book! Where do I start! If you like a thriller, you'll love this Single White Female thrillfest. The suspense keeps you hooked right until the last page!’ Goodreads reviewer, 5********There’s a new girl at work.Young, beautiful, confident, she’s everything you used to be. You’re flattered when she befriends you.So when your boss starts giving her your work, at first you think it’s a mistake.But then, one Sunday, the new girl turns up in your local pub. The next week, she starts dressing like you…Now she’s taking control of everything. Because she doesn’t just want your job – she wants your life… ‘A truly creepy tale of jealousy and obsession.’ Woman & Home ‘A hypnotic dance of gaslighting and revenge.’People ‘Guaranteed to start the mother of all office fights.’I News *A previous version of this novel was published with the title Precious You.*___ Your favourite authors can’t stop talking about That Woman: ‘Dark, disturbing, compulsive. I was genuinely terrified reading this.’ Adele Parks‘An intergenerational clash between two women, played out to a shocking finale. Nail-biting.’ Harriet Tyce‘Creepy and unnerving… a breathtaking debut.’ Samantha Downing‘A deliciously dark, addictive and twisted page-turner.’ Alice Feeney‘What a debut! Twisty, explosive, and hugely compelling, with hints of Gone Girl.’ Will Dean‘Twisted, dark and shocking. Absolutely terrific.’ Jo Spain‘Will change the way you look at your colleagues forever.’ Phoebe Morgan‘Supremely twisted and completely riveting’ Katie Lowe

**Helen Monks Takhar’s latest psychological thriller, Such A Good Mother, is available to pre-order now**YOUR FIRST MISTAKE WAS LETTING HER IN… ‘Oh my gosh, this book! Where do I start! If you like a thriller, you''ll love this Single White Female thrillfest. The suspense keeps you hooked right until the last page!’ Goodreads reviewer, 5********There’s a new girl at work.Young, beautiful, confident, she’s everything you used to be. You’re flattered when she befriends you.So when your boss starts giving her your work, at first you think it’s a mistake.But then, one Sunday, the new girl turns up in your local pub. The next week, she starts dressing like you…Now she’s taking control of everything. Because she doesn’t just want your job – she wants your life…‘A truly creepy tale of jealousy and obsession.’ Woman & Home‘A hypnotic dance of gaslighting and revenge.’People‘Guaranteed to start the mother of all office fights.’ I News*A previous version of this novel was published with the title Precious You.*___Your favourite authors can’t stop talking about That Woman:‘Dark, disturbing, compulsive. I was genuinely terrified reading this.’ Adele Parks‘An intergenerational clash between two women, played out to a shocking finale. Nail-biting.’ Harriet Tyce‘Creepy and unnerving… a breathtaking debut.’ Samantha Downing‘A deliciously dark, addictive and twisted page-turner.’ Alice Feeney‘What a debut! Twisty, explosive, and hugely compelling, with hints of Gone Girl.’ Will Dean‘Twisted, dark and shocking. Absolutely terrific.’ Jo Spain‘Will change the way you look at your colleagues forever.’ Phoebe Morgan‘Supremely twisted and completely riveting’ Katie Lowe

**Helen Monks Takhar’s latest psychological thriller, Such A Good Mother, is available to pre-order now** YOUR FIRST MISTAKE WAS LETTING HER IN… ‘Oh my gosh, this book! Where do I start! If you like a thriller, you'll love this Single White Female thrillfest. The suspense keeps you hooked right until the last page!’ Goodreads reviewer, 5********There’s a new girl at work.Young, beautiful, confident, she’s everything you used to be. You’re flattered when she befriends you.So when your boss starts giving her your work, at first you think it’s a mistake.But then, one Sunday, the new girl turns up in your local pub. The next week, she starts dressing like you…Now she’s taking control of everything. Because she doesn’t just want your job – she wants your life… ‘A truly creepy tale of jealousy and obsession.’ Woman & Home ‘A hypnotic dance of gaslighting and revenge.’People ‘Guaranteed to start the mother of all office fights.’I News *A previous version of this novel was published with the title Precious You.*___ Your favourite authors can’t stop talking about That Woman: ‘Dark, disturbing, compulsive. I was genuinely terrified reading this.’ Adele Parks‘An intergenerational clash between two women, played out to a shocking finale. Nail-biting.’ Harriet Tyce‘Creepy and unnerving… a breathtaking debut.’ Samantha Downing‘A deliciously dark, addictive and twisted page-turner.’ Alice Feeney‘What a debut! Twisty, explosive, and hugely compelling, with hints of Gone Girl.’ Will Dean‘Twisted, dark and shocking. Absolutely terrific.’ Jo Spain‘Will change the way you look at your colleagues forever.’ Phoebe Morgan‘Supremely twisted and completely riveting’ Katie Lowe

SOME THINGS ARE TOO PERFECT TO BE TRUE… ‘A sharp, compelling take on modern motherhood’ HEAT‘A nail-biting, dark thriller’ PLATINUM‘Fiendishly entertaining… A suspenseful and unsettling cautionary tale' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY***An invite to die for.Rose will do anything to give her son the life she never had.When she’s invited into The Circle, an elite clique of beautiful, wealthy and influential school mums, it seems her dreams are about to come true.For these are no ordinary women, and their connections will open doors Rose never knew existed.There’s the powerful queen bee.The social media star.The secret alcoholicThe serial cheater.And then there’s the one who turns up dead…Each woman is desperate to appear perfect.BUT WHICH ONE WILL KILL FOR IT? From the author of That Woman comes a razor-sharp, dark and nail-bitingly gripping new thriller. Dare you enter The Circle? –– Readers LOVE Such a Good Mother ‘Enthralling, chilling, compulsive… keeps the reader gripped from start to finish, an absolute must-read for fans of thrillers’‘You will be hanging off every word as the story evolves and goes from dark to pitch black’‘A deliciously wicked ride’‘The ending is just brilliant, I was completely shocked… You will be hanging on every word as the story unfolds. I couldn’t put it down. A great page turner!’‘A well-written dark read with plenty of twists’‘This will have you on the edge of your seat for sure!’‘Oh my goodness, not for the faint-hearted. A must-read for anyone who loves the thriller genre’‘Will leave you itching to get to the end. There are so many twists & turns you don’t see coming as it’s a story of manipulation & deceit on a whole new other level!’

SOME THINGS ARE TOO PERFECT TO BE TRUE…‘A sharp, compelling take on modern motherhood’ HEAT‘A nail-biting, dark thriller’ PLATINUM‘Fiendishly entertaining… A suspenseful and unsettling cautionary tale'' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY***An invite to die for.Rose will do anything to give her son the life she never had.When she’s invited into The Circle, an elite clique of beautiful, wealthy and influential school mums, it seems her dreams are about to come true.For these are no ordinary women, and their connections will open doors Rose never knew existed.There’s the powerful queen bee.The social media star.The secret alcoholicThe serial cheater.And then there’s the one who turns up dead…Each woman is desperate to appear perfect.BUT WHICH ONE WILL KILL FOR IT?From the author of That Woman comes a razor-sharp, dark and nail-bitingly gripping new thriller. Dare you enter The Circle?––Readers LOVE Such a Good Mother‘Enthralling, chilling, compulsive… keeps the reader gripped from start to finish, an absolute must-read for fans of thrillers’‘You will be hanging off every word as the story evolves and goes from dark to pitch black’‘A deliciously wicked ride’‘The ending is just brilliant, I was completely shocked… You will be hanging on every word as the story unfolds. I couldn’t put it down. A great page turner!’‘A well-written dark read with plenty of twists’‘This will have you on the edge of your seat for sure!’‘Oh my goodness, not for the faint-hearted. A must-read for anyone who loves the thriller genre’‘Will leave you itching to get to the end. There are so many twists & turns you don’t see coming as it’s a story of manipulation & deceit on a whole new other level!’

SOME THINGS ARE TOO PERFECT TO BE TRUE… ‘A sharp, compelling take on modern motherhood’ HEAT‘A nail-biting, dark thriller’ PLATINUM‘Fiendishly entertaining… A suspenseful and unsettling cautionary tale' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY***An invite to die for.Rose will do anything to give her son the life she never had.When she’s invited into The Circle, an elite clique of beautiful, wealthy and influential school mums, it seems her dreams are about to come true.For these are no ordinary women, and their connections will open doors Rose never knew existed.There’s the powerful queen bee.The social media star.The secret alcoholicThe serial cheater.And then there’s the one who turns up dead…Each woman is desperate to appear perfect.BUT WHICH ONE WILL KILL FOR IT? From the author of That Woman comes a razor-sharp, dark and nail-bitingly gripping new thriller. Dare you enter The Circle? –– Readers LOVE Such a Good Mother ‘Enthralling, chilling, compulsive… keeps the reader gripped from start to finish, an absolute must-read for fans of thrillers’‘You will be hanging off every word as the story evolves and goes from dark to pitch black’‘A deliciously wicked ride’‘The ending is just brilliant, I was completely shocked… You will be hanging on every word as the story unfolds. I couldn’t put it down. A great page turner!’‘A well-written dark read with plenty of twists’‘This will have you on the edge of your seat for sure!’‘Oh my goodness, not for the faint-hearted. A must-read for anyone who loves the thriller genre’‘Will leave you itching to get to the end. There are so many twists & turns you don’t see coming as it’s a story of manipulation & deceit on a whole new other level!’

Fame is a deadly game… Even if you win, you lose.The dark, razor-sharp new thriller from the author of That Woman and Such a Good Mother.'A whip-smart thriller about the price of fame' My Weekly'Plunges readers into the cutthroat world of Hollywood, peeling back the veneer of celebrity and deftly exposing the dark side of fame and ruthless ambition' Lindsay Cameron'A timely thriller' Woman's Own 'A pulse-pounding rollercoaster through the shadows of the silver screen' Jaclyn Goldis★ ★ ★ ★ ★April Eden is about to have the night of her life. The Vanished Woman, the film she wrote and directed is up for a raft of major awards. Her leading lady, Essie Lay, is on the cusp of a stunning comeback after the disturbing scandal that ended her small-screen career a year before.When Essie messages April to say she can’t face the ceremony, April presumes nerves and goes to her Hampstead mansion to persuade her to attend. Instead, April finds Essie dead in her swimming pool.In that moment, April makes an agonising decision, which will force her onto a course of action she couldn’t have imagined. If she is to find out what happened – and protect her own freedom – April is going to find herself face to face with some of the most powerful people in her industry, unforeseen dangers, and discomfiting truths from Essie’s and her own past.★ ★ ★ ★ ★Readers LOVE Nothing Without Me:'I loved the way this was written, it’s a slow burner that builds alongside a feeling of dread…Dark, extremely powerful and my jaw dropped on several occasions''I always read Helen Monks Takhar's books in one sitting because I NEED to know what happens next!’

Fame is a deadly game… Even if you win, you lose.The dark, razor-sharp new thriller from the author of That Woman and Such a Good Mother.''A whip-smart thriller about the price of fame'' My Weekly''Plunges readers into the cutthroat world of Hollywood, peeling back the veneer of celebrity and deftly exposing the dark side of fame and ruthless ambition'' Lindsay Cameron''A timely thriller'' Woman''s Own ''A pulse-pounding rollercoaster through the shadows of the silver screen'' Jaclyn Goldis⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐April Eden is about to have the night of her life. The Vanished Woman, the film she wrote and directed is up for a raft of major awards. Her leading lady, Essie Lay, is on the cusp of a stunning comeback after the disturbing scandal that ended her small-screen career a year before.When Essie messages April to say she can’t face the ceremony, April presumes nerves and goes to her Hampstead mansion to persuade her to attend. Instead, April finds Essie dead in her swimming pool.In that moment, April makes an agonising decision, which will force her onto a course of action she couldn’t have imagined. If she is to find out what happened – and protect her own freedom – April is going to find herself face to face with some of the most powerful people in her industry, unforeseen dangers, and discomfiting truths from Essie’s and her own past.⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐Readers LOVENothing Without Me:''I loved the way this was written, it’s a slow burner that builds alongside a feeling of dread…Dark, extremely powerful andmy jaw dropped on several occasions''''I always read Helen Monks Takhar''s books in one sitting because I NEED to know what happens next!’

Fame is a deadly game… Even if you win, you lose.The dark, razor-sharp new thriller from the author of That Woman and Such a Good Mother.'A whip-smart thriller about the price of fame' My Weekly'Plunges readers into the cutthroat world of Hollywood, peeling back the veneer of celebrity and deftly exposing the dark side of fame and ruthless ambition' Lindsay Cameron'A timely thriller' Woman's Own 'A pulse-pounding rollercoaster through the shadows of the silver screen' Jaclyn Goldis⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐April Eden is about to have the night of her life. The Vanished Woman, the film she wrote and directed is up for a raft of major awards. Her leading lady, Essie Lay, is on the cusp of a stunning comeback after the disturbing scandal that ended her small-screen career a year before.When Essie messages April to say she can’t face the ceremony, April presumes nerves and goes to her Hampstead mansion to persuade her to attend. Instead, April finds Essie dead in her swimming pool.In that moment, April makes an agonising decision, which will force her onto a course of action she couldn’t have imagined. If she is to find out what happened – and protect her own freedom – April is going to find herself face to face with some of the most powerful people in her industry, unforeseen dangers, and discomfiting truths from Essie’s and her own past.⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐Readers LOVE Nothing Without Me:'I loved the way this was written, it’s a slow burner that builds alongside a feeling of dread…Dark, extremely powerful and my jaw dropped on several occasions''I always read Helen Monks Takhar's books in one sitting because I NEED to know what happens next!’

Love. Honour. Obey? 'A whale of a read; a stomach-roiling page turner and a disturbing look at how women end up in such bad places…I was so invested' Observer'A riveting domestic thriller with a fresh twist' John Marrs'Raw, riveting and painfully timely' Kia Abdullah***Elle never dreamed she’d end up with a man like Dom. He’s handsome, successful, the perfect father to their baby girl.But Elle doesn’t feel the joy she knows she should. She's struggling with being a mum, failing at work, even her post-baby body doesn’t feel like her own. Not that Dom cares. He worships Elle and craves intimacy as deeply as troubled Elle wants to shy away from it.Elle starts relying on red wine and the attention of new colleague Gabriel to get through her day. But the morning after a team away day, a bewildered and hungover Elle wakes up with a lifeless body in her bed. She knows devoted Dom is the only person who’ll give her any chance of getting out of there a free woman.Elle would never have ended up in such danger if she’d followed the Marriage Rule, the one thing she’s been told a wife needs to do, even if it breaks her… Readers are gripped by The Marriage Rule: 'An intelligent, suspense-filled exploration of marriage, motherhood, and the secrets we hide' ★ ★ ★ ★ ★'Heart-stopping' ★ ★ ★ ★ ★'Gripping and hard-hitting' ★ ★ ★ ★ ★'The twists are insane' ★ ★ ★ ★ ★'Compulsive and intelligently written' ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Praise for Helen Monks Takhar: ‘Nail-biting' Harriet Tyce'Explosive' Will Dean‘Twisted, dark and shocking’ Jo Spain'Compelling and suspenseful' Diane Jeffrey‘Unnerving and propulsive’ Allison Buccola

Love. Honour. Obey? 'A whale of a read; a stomach-roiling page turner…I was so invested' Observer'A riveting domestic thriller with a fresh twist' John Marrs'Raw, riveting and painfully timely' Kia Abdullah***Elle never dreamed she’d end up with a man like Dom. He’s handsome, successful, the perfect father to their baby girl.But Elle doesn’t feel the joy she knows she should. She's struggling with being a mum, failing at work, even her post-baby body doesn’t feel like her own. Not that Dom cares. He worships Elle and craves intimacy as deeply as troubled Elle wants to shy away from it.Elle starts relying on red wine and the attention of new colleague Gabriel to get through her day. But the morning after a team away day, a bewildered and hungover Elle wakes up with a lifeless body in her bed. She knows devoted Dom is the only person who’ll give her any chance of getting out of there a free woman.Elle would never have ended up in such danger if she’d followed the Marriage Rule, the one thing she’s been told a wife needs to do, even if it breaks her… Readers are gripped by The Marriage Rule: 'An intelligent, suspense-filled exploration of marriage, motherhood, and the secrets we hide''Heart-stopping''Gripping and hard-hitting''The twists are insane''Compulsive and intelligently written' Praise for Helen Monks Takhar: ‘Nail-biting' Harriet Tyce'Explosive' Will Dean‘Twisted, dark and shocking’ Jo Spain'Compelling and suspenseful' Diane Jeffrey‘Unnerving and propulsive’ Allison Buccola

Love. Honour. Obey?''A whale of a read; a stomach-roiling page turner and a disturbing look at how women end up in such bad places…I was so invested'' Observer''A riveting domestic thriller with a fresh twist'' John Marrs''Raw, riveting and painfully timely'' Kia Abdullah***Elle never dreamed she’d end up with a man like Dom. He’s handsome, successful, the perfect father to their baby girl.But Elle doesn’t feel the joy she knows she should. She''s struggling with being a mum, failing at work, even her post-baby body doesn’t feel like her own. Not that Dom cares. He worships Elle and craves intimacy as deeply as troubled Elle wants to shy away from it.Elle starts relying on red wine and the attention of new colleague Gabriel to get through her day. But the morning after a team away day, a bewildered and hungover Elle wakes up with a lifeless body in her bed. She knows devoted Dom is the only person who’ll give her any chance of getting out of there a free woman.Elle would never have ended up in such danger if she’d followed the Marriage Rule, the one thing she’s been told a wife needs to do, even if it breaks her…Readers are gripped by The Marriage Rule:''An intelligent, suspense-filled exploration of marriage, motherhood, and the secrets we hide''''Heart-stopping''''Gripping and hard-hitting''''The twists are insane''''Compulsive and intelligently written''Praise for Helen Monks Takhar:‘Nail-biting'' Harriet Tyce''Explosive'' Will Dean‘Twisted, dark and shocking’ Jo Spain''Compelling and suspenseful'' Diane Jeffrey‘Unnerving and propulsive’ Allison Buccola

Love. Honour. Obey? 'A whale of a read; a stomach-roiling page turner and a disturbing look at how women end up in such bad places…I was so invested' Observer'A riveting domestic thriller with a fresh twist' John Marrs'Raw, riveting and painfully timely' Kia Abdullah***Elle never dreamed she’d end up with a man like Dom. He’s handsome, successful, the perfect father to their baby girl.But Elle doesn’t feel the joy she knows she should. She's struggling with being a mum, failing at work, even her post-baby body doesn’t feel like her own. Not that Dom cares. He worships Elle and craves intimacy as deeply as troubled Elle wants to shy away from it.Elle starts relying on red wine and the attention of new colleague Gabriel to get through her day. But the morning after a team away day, a bewildered and hungover Elle wakes up with a lifeless body in her bed. She knows devoted Dom is the only person who’ll give her any chance of getting out of there a free woman.Elle would never have ended up in such danger if she’d followed the Marriage Rule, the one thing she’s been told a wife needs to do, even if it breaks her… Readers are gripped by The Marriage Rule: 'An intelligent, suspense-filled exploration of marriage, motherhood, and the secrets we hide''Heart-stopping''Gripping and hard-hitting''The twists are insane''Compulsive and intelligently written' Praise for Helen Monks Takhar: ‘Nail-biting' Harriet Tyce'Explosive' Will Dean‘Twisted, dark and shocking’ Jo Spain'Compelling and suspenseful' Diane Jeffrey‘Unnerving and propulsive’ Allison Buccola

After you say, “I do,” there’s one more thing you must do. . . . A propulsive domestic thriller about what it takes to keep marriages together and what will tear them apart from “addictive” (People) author Helen Monks TakharThis Random House Book Club edition includes an author’s note and a discussion guide.Nine months into motherhood, Elle is struggling. She’s battling being sidelined at work, fighting to feel at home in her post-baby body and feeling pressure to be intimate with her adoring husband, Dom. Why does everything seem so hard, especially when Dom is such a helpful, hands-on dad as well as an ever-attentive husband?Elle turns to her charismatic new colleague, Gabriel, to get through the day and red wine to soothe her at night. For a while, the distractions work until one night she wakes up bleary-eyed in a hotel room next to a man who’s not her husband. A dead man who’s not her husband.Elle realizes Dom is the only person who can help her escape the hotel room with her future intact. She also knows she’d never have found herself next to the dead man if she’d followed The Marriage Rule, the one thing she’s been told a wife needs to do to keep her marriage alive.

An obsessive power struggle between an editor and her millennial intern turns dangerous in this debut psychological thriller—for readers of Luckiest Girl Alive and You. Trusting you was my first mistake. To Katherine, twenty-four-year-old Lily Lunt is a typical “snowflake.” It seems like the privileged, politically correct millennial will do whatever she can to make it big as a writer, including leveraging her family’s connections. To Lily, Katherine Ross, a career woman in her early forties, is a holdover from another era: clueless, old-fashioned, and perfectly happy to build her success on the backs of her unpaid interns. When Lily is hired as the new intern at the magazine where Katherine is editor in chief, her arrival threatens the very foundation of the self-serving little world that Katherine has built. She finds herself obsessively drawn to Lily, who seems to be a cruel reminder of the beauty and potential she once had—things Lily uses against Katherine as she slowly begins to undermine her, sabotaging her work and turning the magazine’s new publisher against her. Is Katherine being paranoid? Or is Lily seeking to systematically destroy her life? As Katherine tries to fight back, a toxic generational divide turns explosive and long-buried secrets are exposed—with deadly consequences for both. . . .Gripping and provocative, Precious You delivers an unsettling, provocative take on the contemporary workplace, turning the professional roles women play on their heads in a razor-sharp, revenge-driven thriller for our age.

An obsessive power struggle between an editor and her millennial intern turns dangerous in this debut psychological thriller—for readers of Luckiest Girl Alive and You.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS • “Hypnotic . . . an addictive thriller.”—People Trusting you was my first mistake. To Katherine, twenty-four-year-old Lily Lunt is a typical “snowflake.” It seems like the privileged, politically correct millennial will do whatever she can to make it big as a writer, including leveraging her family’s connections. To Lily, Katherine Ross, a career woman in her early forties, is a holdover from another era: clueless, old-fashioned, and perfectly happy to build her success on the backs of her unpaid interns. When Lily is hired as the new intern at the magazine where Katherine is editor in chief, her arrival threatens the very foundation of the self-serving little world that Katherine has built. She finds herself obsessively drawn to Lily, who seems to be a cruel reminder of the beauty and potential she once had—things Lily uses against Katherine as she slowly begins to undermine her, sabotaging her work and turning the magazine’s new publisher against her. Is Katherine being paranoid? Or is Lily seeking to systematically destroy her life? As Katherine tries to fight back, a toxic generational divide turns explosive and long-buried secrets are exposed—with deadly consequences for both. . . .Gripping and provocative, Precious You delivers an unsettling, provocative take on the contemporary workplace, turning the professional roles women play on their heads in a razor-sharp, revenge-driven thriller for our age.Praise for Precious You“Breathtaking. A brilliant, butt-kicking romp through the Gen X/Millennial clash and the horrors of cutthroat corporate life. I couldn't put it down.”—Alex Marwood, Edgar Award–winning author of The Wicked Girls “What a wild ride. I’m obsessed with it! I felt so seen, so many times. This book, while so twisted and dark, will resonate with many, many women.”—Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, author of Last Girl Lied To “An intergenerational clash between two women, played out to a shocking finale. Nail-biting.”—Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange