One Last Secret
Release Date: December 27, 2022
Genre: Mystery/Thriller/Fiction
"I’ll drop anything for a new Adele Parks: she nails it ever time"—Lucy Foley
Everyone has secrets, don’t they?
One last client
A week at a beautiful chateau in the south of France—it should be a straightforward final job for Dora. She’s a smart, stunning and discreet escort, and Daniel has paid for her services before. This time, all she has to do is to convince the assembled guests that she is his girlfriend. Dora is used to playing roles and being whatever men want her to be. It’s all about putting on a front.
One last chance
It will be a last, luxurious look at how the other half lives before Dora turns her back on the escort world and all its dangers. She has found someone she loves and trusts. With him, she can escape the life she’s trapped in. But when Dora arrives at the chateau, it quickly becomes obvious that nothing is what it seems…
One last secret
Dora finds herself face-to-face with a man she has never forgotten, the one man who really knows her. And as old secrets surface, it becomes terrifyingly apparent that one last secret could cost Dora her life…
From the Sunday Times number one bestseller Adele Parks comes a blisteringly provocative novel about power, sex, money and revenge.
"Absolutely gripping, this is revenge lit at its best"—Lisa Jewell
Adele Parks
Adele Parks was born in Teesside, North East England. Her first novel, Playing Away, was published in 2000, and since then she's had seventeen international bestsellers, translated into twenty-six languages. She's been an ambassador for The Reading Agency and a judge for the Costa Book Awards, and is a keen supporter of The National Literary Trust. She's lived in Italy, Botswana and London and is now settled in Guildford, Surrey, with her husband, son and cat.
Dora was supposed to be done with that life, but one last "job" pulls her back in... and it turns out to be anything but what was promised. Dora was a high paid escort, and until one of her last encounters with a client, it was a good way to make a living. But when things go array and she ends up hurt, she decides it's time to say goodbye to that world and embrace a new one with her friend and fiancé Evan. But then she gets a call and a one last favor is called in...
The pages of One Last Secret play out like a suspenseful movie on the big screen, one riddled with many little unexpected twists and turns. Our heroine thought she was doing one more simple job and then she'd be free from the life she no longer wanted to live... but there was nothing simple about her last job. She finds herself stranded in a chateau in the south of France, with people that can't be trusted, and danger lurking around every corner. She never expected to run into him there, and within minutes of seeing him it's apparent he has an agenda for her, one that could cost her everything!
From beginning to end this book kept me completely mesmerized, page after page I was hit with unexpected twists and tidbits that had me second guessing myself at every turn. I quickly grew an attachment to our heroine and I couldn't pry my eyes from the story she had to tell, I had to know if she'd finally find her freedom! This was quite the impressive first read that delighted on all fronts, I will definitely be checking out this author's back list!! Highly recommend!!
I requested an advanced copy of this title from the publisher, via NetGalley, and I am voluntarily leaving my honest and unbiased opinion.
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