THE STEPMOTHER

  In this psychological thriller, a wife harboring secrets delves deeper into deception when her stepdaughter?s confidences come between her and husband.   After a series of heart-breaking miscarriages, Kate?s marriage is hanging by a thread. When her husband Michael tells her he has shocking news, at first, she thinks the worst?he?s been having an affair. It would explain why he?s been so distant. Instead, he reveals that the daughter he abandoned twenty years ago is coming to stay.   Kate is blindsided by the sudden arrival of Imogen mere hours later. Her new stepdaughter is beautiful but troubled and seems wary of her own father. All the same, Kate is pleased to find herself connecting with Imogen, until one day, Imogen reveals a disturbing secret to her stepmother, making her swear never to tell a soul.   With Kate already keeping secrets of her own, she worries her marriage will crumble under the weight of another. But perhaps it?s not Imogen?s intrusion Kate should be worried about. Perhaps it?s Michael's past she should have been looking at all along . . .