The Outsider

<p><strong>A passionate affair. A marriage in crisis. A painful family secret.</strong></p><p></p><p>Megan's marriage is hanging on a knife-edge. The remote Welsh farm she loved so much when she and Noah were newlyweds has become a millstone around their necks. After thirteen years Megan still feels like an outsider. People round here look at her strangely. They make it clear she doesn't belong.</p><p></p><p>It's not only lack of money that's threatening Megan's relationship. After three failed rounds of IVF her longing for a child is all-consuming.</p><p></p><p>It's then she meets Gethin an intense complicated young man almost twenty years her junior.</p><p></p><p>Against her better judgement Megan embarks on a passionate affair. But this unhappy farmer's wife is unleashing forces she cannot control.</p><p></p><p>Because there are secrets in her husband's family. Unwittingly Megan has unleashed long-buried tensions that lurk within this isolated fiercely proud community. The dark past is about to come to light. And there's far more than Megan's marriage at stake . . .</p><p></p><p><strong>This gripping suspenseful and heart-rending story of marriage motherhood and dark family secrets is perfect for fans of Louise Douglas B.A. Paris T.M. Logan and Adele Parks.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Readers love C.R. Howell's compelling and emotional psychological fiction:</strong></p><p></p><p>????? '<strong>So gripping I read this in one sitting</strong> . . . The tension is palpable and grows with every page. I had to keep remembering to breathe.' Harmony K.</p><p></p><p>????? 'I've never before read a such a vivid authentic and unflinchingly honest depiction of motherhood in all its messy dysfunctional harrowing glory . . . <strong>I was completely gripped</strong>.' Angharad E.</p><p></p><p>????? <strong>'Compelling</strong> . . . I devoured it in a couple of sittings. At times <strong>the tension is palpable</strong>.' Helga H. </p><p></p><p>????? 'I found myself shocked and <strong>riveted right to the end</strong>.' C. R.</p><p></p><p>????? 'Deeply <strong>engrossing </strong>and hard to put down.' K. T.</p><p></p><p>????? '<strong>The perfect blend of mystery and suspense</strong> . . . You won't be able to put this down until you've finished!' S.A.H.</p><p></p><p>????? 'Excellent . . . <strong>I was drawn in from the very first page</strong>.' Ali S.</p><p></p><p>????? '<strong>I loved this book</strong> . . . Grips from the start.' E. R.</p><p></p><p>????? '<strong>Such a compelling read</strong> . . . Lots of twists and turns. Heartbreaking at times but heartwarming too.' Barbara</p><p></p><p>????? '<strong>I absolutely loved this book</strong>! I couldn't put it down.' Laura D.</p>