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Brought to you by Penguin.Steven Harding is a handsome, well-respected professor.Ellie Masterson is a wide-eyed young colleage student.Together, they are driving south from New York, for their first holiday: three days in an isolated cabin, far from the city.Ahead of them, the promise of long, dark nights - and the chance to explore one another''s bodies, away from prying eyes.It should be a perfect, romantic trip for two.EXCEPT THAT HE''S NOT WHO HE SAYS HE IS.BUT THEN AGAIN, NEITHER IS SHE . . .READERS ARE GRIPPED BY NOBODY BUT US''Wow. Just wow. Gripping, intense, thought provoking, addictive . . . I read the whole book in one sitting. Definitely going to be one of my favourite reads of this year'' 5* READER REVIEW''Characters, dialogues, plot, narration and execution of the story is brilliant. What are you waiting for? Read this book'' 5* READER REVIEW''I honestly didn''t know how this book would end . . . all I can say is that you NEED to read this!!!'' 5* READER REVIEW© Laure Van Rensburg 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Brought to you by Penguin.A gripping novel set inside a cult, where the obedient daughter of the Pastor is the only survivor of a tragedyPerfect for fans of Louise O’Neill, Girl A and Good me, Bad Me by Ali LandA fire burns Abigail’s parents’ house to the ground. Takes her parents too.She’s the only survivor.The congregation of South Carolina’s New America Baptist Church rallies round.They won’t let troublemakers near: gawkers, outsiders, the police.All they ever wanted was to protect innocents like Abigail from a corrupt world.And hasn’t Abigail always been perfect? A good daughter?So why have the police got questions?Why doesn’t Abigail’s story add up?And when did the church get so suspicious?Abigail survived the fire.But can she survive the coming storm?''A stark, stunning and deeply affecting thriller. I loved it'' Chris Whitaker''A powerful Southern Gothic thriller about the dangers of blind faith, the strength of women, and the deceptive nature of memory'' Anna Bailey‘An eerie, chilling, gorgeously written novel that is unafraid to challenge and question its subject matter'' Laurie Elizabeth Flynn‘Thrilling’ Prima©2023 Laure Van Rensburg (P)2023 Penguin Audio