This is a story about revenge and retribution, one that is so dark and shockingly twisty it will make your head spin!

Rose Golds childhood was nothing but illness and hospitals, everyone believed Rose was a seriously poorly child. That is until Rose speaks up and tells the world what was really wrong with her.

Nothing!

Rose's mother, Patty Watts is convicted and sentenced to five years in prison for child abuse in the form of Munchausen by Proxy for the poisoning her daughter Rose Gold for the majority of her life. And now those five years are up.

After a reconciliation between mother and daughter Rose decideds to let her mother move in and live with her and her own son once Patty is released from prison. But after years of torture by her own mother is Rose really able to forgive her mother? Can Patty be trusted around her grandson? Is Rose Gold as innocent as people think, does she have a hidden agenda?

Rose Gold is no longer her weak little darling...And she's waited such a long time for her mother to come home.

Flipping flawlessly between past and present and told between alternating POVs, Patty and her daughter this is a fast paced read with a unique plot that throws up as many questions as it does answers and has you questioning the reliability of both narrators.

This is one seriously complicated mother-daughter relationship, both of which are completely unlikeable at times, complex, twisted and deeply flawed characters that will have you shifting sympathy from one to the other as details are revealed.

The use of the flashbacks was effective because it unravelled another layer of the plot to an already emotional roller coaster of a read. Nothing is ever black and white and things may not always be what they seem.

This would make a great book for a book club as there are so many layers to this story it will certainly give you a lot to talk about.

Dark, disturbing, compelling and utterly brilliant.

The Recovery of Rose Gold will be published on 19 March 2020 but is available for pre-order now.

Trust me, this book is worth the wait! ( )

Revenge drama

A relationship drama between mother and daughter. Both are out to exact revenge on one another but who will succeed? An intricately woven story about poisoned familial relationships, and the desperate need to be loved and belong. Deliciously dark, not predictable, page turner. ( )

The Recovery of Rose Gold is set to be one of the big reads of 2020 and rightly so. I was absolutely gripped by it from start to finish.

It's basically a battle of wits between Rose Gold Watts and her mother, Patty. Five years ago Patty was convicted of abusing Rose Gold in what is basically Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome. Patty had been making Rose Gold ill and then seeking treatment for her, revelling all the while in the whole situation. What seems a little odd is that Rose Gold wants to be reconciled with her mother on her release from prison and to start their relationship anew. Or does she?

I thought I would be in for a fabulous read with this book but I didn't envisage the cat and mouse game between Patty and Rose Gold. Who is playing with who though? It's such a clever read and such an interesting story. I don't think I have ever read a book about Munchausen's before and what's really fascinating here is the way I was kept guessing throughout the story. I did find myself wondering at times if Patty hadn't really been responsible for abusing Rose Gold. Maybe she really was a poorly child. Then I found myself wondering if Rose Gold was really as innocent a party as she seemed.

This is my kind of thriller. Give me mind games over any murders and crimes any day. Nothing is clear cut in this story, there's manipulation and cunning galore. In chapters in Rose Gold's voice we are given some background, some run up to what motivates her in the present. In alternating chapters we are then given Patty's current story. As the two stories intermingle a slow realisation came over me and the direction both women were heading in became clear.

The setting is crucial. Deadwick is a small community so it's difficult for Patty to return to a place where she was once liked and is now hated. But Rose Gold also finds it difficult living in a place where everyone knows what happened. It's quite an intense place really and the perfect backdrop to this rather sinister and chilling tale.

It's an incredibly easy to read book, which may be surprising given the subject matter. The writing flows beautifully and I felt like each character was confiding in me, trusting me with their secrets. I loved every bit of this thrilling story and the ending was brilliant and perfect. It's an amazing debut looking at the tangled web of a controlling mother/daughter relationship and a must read in my opinion. ( )