Wednesday 5 February 2020

New Release Spotlight: His Wife's Secret by Susan Willis



His Wife’s Secret by Susan Willis

When David meets old school-friend, Erin again he falls head over heels in love. He leaves his wife and their sixteen-year-old daughter to marry Erin. But, in a small village people have long memories and they move south for a fresh beginning. Erin’s behaviour starts to change in a very strange way and David wonders if she is punishing him for something he’s done?


We hear about domestic violence from a man to a woman regularly in the news but from a woman to a man is rare. However, in my book this does happen. When David meets old school-friend, Erin again he falls head over heels in love. He leaves his wife and their sixteen-year-old daughter to marry Erin. But, in a small village people have long memories and they move south for a fresh beginning.
David is just a typical guy and for two years is deliriously happy until the move down to London. This is when everything changes, and his wife begins to act out of character in a strange way. Unbeknown to him, it was whilst packing to move that Erin finds her mother’s diary in an old trunk. What is written in the diary to make her lash out at her husband? David wonders if she is punishing him for something he’s done?

An extract from Erin’s mother’s diary:
I can’t live with the shame! When I realised, I was pregnant after the rape I knew I’d have to let my husband believe the baby was his. I’ve also had to lie to my beautiful daughter, Erin and prepare her for accepting a baby brother into her life. But this isn’t fair on either of them. I love them both so dearly. Every time I look at Neil I am filled with mixed emotions. I love him because I carried him inside of me and gave birth to him. Then I see his big blue eyes which remind me of his real father glaring and towering above me as he nearly tore my body apart. And, I cannot bear it any longer. Even in years to come I don’t think I will ever feel any different to this. Neil deserves a proper mother. A mother who would idolise and love him without reservation. Therefore, it’s best I take him with me…




Susan Willis is a published author of four novels and five novellas. She lives in Co-Durham surrounded by a big family and dear friends. Susan works as a food technologist developing new recipes and weaves the different aspects of her job into stories.
Her last two novels are psychological suspense. Readers who have left reviews on amazon love the books because they are realistic with everyday people in situations that can happen.
She has a collection of Fun-Size Tales of Love & Family which are available in Ebook and paperback.
Susan is now writing Cozy Crime Short Reads and incorporating up to date issues of poor mental health in a kidnap scene, the perils of social media, and an intruder on Skype. Nest year she hopes to publish these stories into a collection.