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I invited her in by Adele Parks


‘I invited her in… and she took everything.’
When Mel hears from a long-lost friend in need of help, she doesn’t hesitate to invite her to stay. Mel and Abi were best friends back in the day, sharing the highs and lows of student life, until Mel’s unplanned pregnancy made her drop out of her studies.
Now, seventeen years later, Mel and Abi’s lives couldn’t be more different. Mel is happily married, having raised her son on her own before meeting her husband, Ben. Now they share gorgeous girls and have a chaotic but happy family home, with three children.
Abi, meanwhile, followed her lover to LA for a glamorous life of parties, celebrity and indulgence. Everything was perfect, until she discovered her partner had been cheating on her. Seventeen years wasted, and nothing to show for it. So what Abi needs now is a true friend to lean on, to share her grief over a glass of wine, and to have some time to heal. And what better place than Mel’s house, with her lovely kids, and supportive husband…
This dark, unsettling tale of the reunion of long-lost friends is thoroughly gripping exploration of wanting what you can’t have, jealousy and revenge

 I really enjoyed this book. The story follows Mel as she reconnects with an old university friend and offers to let her stay because she's needs some support after a messy divorce. As the story progresses you know there's something not quite right with Abi's story and she proceeds to turn Mel's life upside down and betrays her in an unforgivable way which she wouldn't have been able to do if Abi hadn't opened her home to her. It was a gripping read which I couldn't predict where it was going from chapter to chapter. Highly recommended.

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