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‘Tackles a difficult subject with a light touch to keep you turning the pages’ VERONICA HENRY

A perfect husband

To their friends, Lily and Freddy have a great marriage. He taught her to love again after the death of her first husband. But when Freddy becomes tense and distracted, a life-changing truth is revealed.

A terrible shock

Freddy has built up massive gambling debts that threaten to destroy not only his life but Lily’s as well.

Should she go forward – or back?

Her friends and family urge her to forget him and move on – easier said than done. Is her willingness to give him a second chance just down to loyalty? Or is the truth something altogether darker?

‘Boyd is terrific at cutting to the quick of modern relationships’ WOMAN & HOME

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Woman and Home
Boyd is terrific at cutting to the quick of modern relationships
Veronica Henry
I was struck by the depth and intelligence with which she tackles a difficult subject but writing with a light touch to keep you turning the pages
My Weekly
Hilary Boyd is mistress of the multi-layered story . . . A wonderful and addictive novel