Böcker av M J Hardy

Money doesn't buy happiness, it just buys a more expensive kind of trouble. Four couples live a charmed life behind the security gates of an exclusive development.To everyone else, they have a dream life.Beautiful homes, designer clothes, and more money than sense.Behind closed doors, the story is very different.>Betrayal, dishonesty, and lies are about to blow their worlds apart and not everyone will survive. Who is telling the truth and who is hiding a secret they would do anything to protect?

How far would you go to get what you want?Emma Carter works two jobs during the day and her husband Ronnie works nights. They just about make ends meet and she's had enough. She wants more. Money is a powerful aphrodisiac and the ruin of men. It sucks you in and promises the world and people will do anything to grasp it for themselves. She is no exception. She overhears a conversation that could change everything, but is she brave enough to see it through?It's time to venture out of the shadows and take what she wants and use what she knows to get it. But Ronnie has other ideas and stands in her way and Emma will need to fight for what she wants or risk losing everything.However, her husband has a secret that could destroy them both. Will she wish she never left the shadows at all?

What's going on behind the pretty pink door?Can something so pretty hide a dreadful truth?Esme and Lucas thought they had moved up in the world.They bought an impressive new house on a desirable development but do they fit in?Nancy and Adrian moved to escape a secret they appear to have packed and brought with them.What will the neighbours think if they discover what it is?Jasmine and Liam appear to have it all. Their neighbours want what they have but did they go a step too far to achieve it?Then there's Keith and Sandra Wickham who everyone wishes hadn't moved there at all.They all have one thing in common and it's not the street they moved into.It's their fascination for what goes on behind the pretty pink door.Who lives there and what secrets does it hide?Secrets have a habit of coming out and none of theirs are safe.What happens when the pretty pink door opens and lets them all inside?Sometimes it's easier to turn a blind eye than to face the consequences but true evil is found in the ones who look away and do nothing.From the author of the bestselling book, The Girl on Gander Green Lane.How well do you really know your neighbours?

A friendship that took over thirty years to build and days to destroy.This is the last day of my life.I say that with certainty because of where I am now.When I was a child I wrote a diary.I never expected anyone would read it.Fanciful childish nonsense, at least that's what I hoped they'd think.Fast forward to the future and the last entry I made is the reason I'm standing at this grave, wondering if I'd still be here if I had never written that last damning paragraph.I'm almost certain the answer would be no.I thought I had friends. It turns out I was alone all the time.A tale of friendship, secrets, and lies.Betrayal and broken promises are the ingredients for the most delicious revenge.

How far would you go to protect your daughter?When Alice Adams met her daughter's boyfriend, she was far from impressed. He was everything she didn't want for her little girl and so decided to give fate a helping hand.Luckily, they were invited to spend Christmas with his family which was just the opportunity she needed. Three days to ruin their relationship and save her daughter from a lifetime of regrets.However, Alice has secrets she hopes her daughter will never discover. In interfering with fate, she unlocks the past with devastating consequences.As the snow falls and the sleigh bells ring, this will be one Christmas they will all want to forget. There are more than presents under this Christmas tree and as they unwrap the past, the future will never be the same again.Alice Adams thought she was prepared this Christmas - she was wrong.

How well do you really know your husband?When Tom Mahoney was mugged on his way home from work, they thought that was the worst thing that could happen.They were wrong.When Tina & Harry found out they couldn't have more children, they thought that was the worst thing that could happen.They were wrong.When the new teacher Isabel Rawlins arrives, she brings with her a secret that's about to blow their respectable worlds apart.Five lives all intertwined and heading on a collision course.Will their relationships survive, or is one or more couple about to find out there's a husband thief in their midst?Remember, if you have trust you can conquer anything. When trust goes, madness sets in.This tale comes with a twist that it's doubtful you will see coming.

When the perfect marriage, the perfect husband and perfect life is nothing but an illusion.Sarah Standon is living the dream, at least that's what everyone tells her. She is the wife of a successful solicitor who looks like a movie star. They live a Stepford existence and appear to have it all.Then, one fateful night, everything changes.A terrible accident leaves Sarah alone to deal with a situation so frightening she starts to question her grip on reality. Her perfect life has been exposed as the lie it always was and she loses everything.She thought that was the worst that could happen.She was wrong.

Only the invited get to stay.Only the lucky ones get to leave. When Katrina Darlington lost everything, she turned to a stranger for help.Desperate and grieving, she trusted the hand of friendship and travelled halfway across the world to a very private island. Blue skies, blistering sunshine, and luxury on a scale way beyond the average person's means.The perfect place to start again, surrounded by warm and friendly people who have your best interests at heart. Or not! Catalina Island is an island paradise hiding a sinister secret.Will Katrina become just another one of its victims, and after having lost everything, discover she still has even more to lose?When the people you trust most in the world turn out to be the ones you should have feared all along. Desire creates lies and deception, but is having it all worth losing your humanity? It's time to find out. When you lose everything, the only thing left to find is yourself. Escape with the perfect read this Summer and discover that sometimes in life fate plays no part at all.

Money doesn't buy happiness, it just buys a more expensive kind of trouble.Four couples live a charmed life behind the security gates of an exclusive development.To everyone else, they have a dream life.Beautiful homes, designer clothes, and more money than sense.Behind closed doors, the story is very different.Beauty is skin deep and when you scratch the surface the blood runs cold. Betrayal, dishonesty, and lies are about to blow their worlds apart and not everyone will survive. Who is telling the truth and who is hiding a secret they would do anything to protect?

How far would you go to protect your daughter?When Alice Adams met her daughter's boyfriend, she was far from impressed.He was everything she didn't want for her little girl and so decided to give fate a helping hand. Luckily, they were invited to spend Christmas with his family which was just the opportunity she needed.Three days to ruin their relationship and save her daughter from a lifetime of regrets. However, Alice has secrets she hopes her daughter will never discover. In interfering with fate, she unlocks the past with devastating consequences. As the snow falls and the sleigh bells ring, this will be one Christmas they will all want to forget.There are more than presents under this Christmas tree and as they unwrap the past, the future will never be the same again.Alice Adams thought she was prepared this Christmas - she was wrong.

A friendship that took over thirty years to build and days to destroy.This is the last day of my life.I say that with certainty because of where I am now. When I was a child I wrote a diary.I never expected anyone would read it.Fanciful childish nonsense, at least that's what I hoped they'd think. Fast forward to the future and the last entry I made is the reason I'm standing at this grave, wondering if I'd still be here if I had never written that last damning paragraph. I'm almost certain the answer would be no.I thought I had friends. It turns out I was alone all the time.A tale of friendship, secrets, and lies.Betrayal and broken promises are the ingredients for the most delicious revenge.