Dorothy Koomson

My best friend's girl

All My Lies Are True

''Do you ever wonder if you've lived the life you were meant to?' I ask her.She sighs, and dips her head. 'Even if I do, what difference will it make?' In 1988, two eight-year-old girls with almost identical names and the same love of ballet meet for the first time. They seem destined to be best friends forever and to become professional dancers. Years later, however, they have both been dealt so many cruel blows that they walk away from each other into very different futures - one enters a convent, the other becomes a minor celebrity. Will these new, 'invisible' lives be the ones they were meant to live, or will they only find that kind of salvation when they are reunited twenty years later?

When I Was Invisible

What would you do for the friend who broke your heart? Best friends Kamryn Matika and Adele Brannon thought nothing could come between them - until Adele did the unthinkable and slept with Kamryn's fiance, Nate. Worse still, she got pregnant and had his child. When Kamryn discovered the truth about their betrayal she vowed never to see any of them again. Two years later, Kamryn receives a letter from Adele asking her to visit her in hospital. Adele is dying and begs Kamryn to adopt her daughter, Tegan. With a great job and a hectic social life, the last thing Kamryn needs is a five year old to disrupt things. Especially not one who reminds her of Nate. But with no one else to take care of Tegan and Adele fading fast, does she have any other choice? So begins a difficult journey that leads Kamryn towards forgiveness, love, responsibility and, ultimately, a better understanding of herself.

My Best Friend's Girl

Tell Me Your Secret

A Sereia de Brighton

Eu Sei o Que Vocês Fizeram

Kendra Tamale is just looking for a room to rent. Instead, she finds a young family that seems to need her, at least for a while.

Marshmallows for Breakfast

From the bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls, The Woman He Loved Before and My Best Friend's Girl, an emotional story about love, identity and the meaning of family. âe~Where are you coming from with that accent of yours?âe(tm) he asks. âe~Nowhere,âe(tm) I reply. âe~Iâe(tm)m from nowhere.âe(tm) âe~Everyoneâe(tm)s from somewhere,âe(tm) he says. âe~Not me,âe(tm) I reply silently. Clemency Smittson was adopted as a baby and the only connection she has to her birth mother is a cardboard box hand-decorated with butterflies. Now an adult, Clem decides to make a drastic life change and move to Brighton, where she was born. Clem has no idea that while there she'll meet someone who knows all about her butterfly box and what happened to her birth parents. As the tangled truths about her adoption and childhood start to unravel, a series of shocking events cause Clem to reassess whether the price of having contact with her birth family could be too high to pay...

That Girl from Nowhere

Flavours of Love Bundle

*A special 20th anniversary edition hardback from the bestselling author* 'Dorothy's novels are a gripping, page-turning joyride to read' Malorie Blackman Ceri D'Altroy is no stranger to matters of the heart... Historically, Ceri's questionable decisions have involved sex, shoes or giving unsolicited advice - until one episode of Oprah has her abandoning her life and job to start afresh in Leeds. The new Ceri vows not to meddle in other people's love lives, no matter how good she is at it. But Ceri never anticipated how desperately her new colleagues and flatmates would need her match-making skills. And surely, there's no way she could make things worse?

The Cupid Effect

A story from Dorothy Koomson to stir the heart and awaken vital conversations about love.

Wildflowers: A Story from the collection, I Am Heathcliff

Eighteen months after her husband was killed, Saffron Mackleroy receives a letter from her husband's murderer, claiming innocence. And her fourteen-year-old daughter reveals a devastating secret. Is Saffron's life about to shatter like glass all over again? From the internationally bestselling author of The Rose Petal Beach.

Flavours of Love

'Master of the jaw-dropping twist' S MAGAZINE *Pre-order the thrilling new novel from Dorothy Koomson now* Please take care of my baby. But don't try to find me. You'll put him in danger. x Profiler and therapist Kes Lashibi is shocked when she finds a baby on the backseat of her car, with an unsigned note asking her to take care of him. Kes, has a pretty good idea who the mother is - Brandee, a popular social media star with a troubled background, who once lived in Kes's house. Recently, the seemingly bright and bubbly Brandee's videos changed in tone before she completely dropped out of the limelight. Kes is beginning to understand why. And if the internet rumours are true, Brandee's life could be in real danger. Kes is torn. Should she simply take care of the baby, as she's been asked to do, and wait to hear from his mother? Or should she put the baby and her whole family at risk by using - less than legal - contacts from her previous job to save this young woman? Time is running out for Brandee. Can Kes find her before it's too late? This is the stunning new emotional thriller from The Queen Of The Big Reveal.

the gripping new novel from the bestselling Queen of the Big Reveal

Every Smile You Fake

What secrets would you kill to keep? After her husband's big promotion, Cece Solarin arrives in Brighton with their three children, ready to start afresh. But their new neighbourhood has a deadly secret. Three weeks earlier, Yvonne, a very popular parent, was almost murdered in the grounds of the local school - the same school where Cece has unwittingly enrolled her children. Already anxious about making friends when the parents seem so cliquey, Cece is now also worried about her children's safety. By chance she meets Maxie, Anaya and Hazel, three very different school mothers who make her feel welcome and reassure her about her new life. That is until Cece discovers the police believe one of her new friends tried to kill Yvonne. Reluctant to spy on her friends but determined to discover the truth, Cece must uncover the potential murderer before they strike again . . . From the bestselling author of That Girl from Nowhere and When I Was Invisible comes a thrilling new novel that will have you questioning the line between right and wrong.

The Friend

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