S. K. Tremayne

The chilling new psychological thriller by S. K. Tremayne, author of the Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller, THE ICE TWINS. IT TOOK ONLY SIX WORDS TO SHATTER HER DREAMS... When Rachel marries handsome David and moves to a beautiful house in Cornwall, she gains wealth, love, and an affectionate stepson, Jamie. But then Jamie's behaviour changes, and her perfect life begins to unravel. He makes disturbing predictions, claiming to be haunted by the spectre of his late mother. As September slips away and December looms, Rachel grows increasingly suspicious of her husband - and begins to suspect there might be truth in Jamie's words: 'YOU WILL BE DEAD BY CHRISTMAS'

The Fire Child

S.K. Tremayne

THE PERFECT HUSBAND. THE PERFECT STEPSON. THE PERFECT LIE? "Tremayne...does a terrific job of building suspense until events reach their climax in the midst of a violent storm." -- Library Journal When Rachel marries dark, handsome David, everything seems to fall into place. Swept from single life in London to the beautiful Carnhallow House in Cornwall, she gains wealth, love, and an affectionate stepson, Jamie. But then Jamie's behavior changes, and Rachel's perfect life begins to unravel. He makes disturbing predictions, claiming to be haunted by the specter of his late mother - David's previous wife. Is this Jamie's way of punishing Rachel, or is he far more traumatized than she thought? As Rachel starts digging into the past, she begins to grow suspicious of her husband. Why is he so reluctant to discuss Jamie's outbursts? And what exactly happened to cause his ex-wife's untimely death, less than two years ago? As summer slips away and December looms, Rachel begins to fear there might be truth in Jamie's words: "You will be dead by Christmas."

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I feel like I have a love/hate relationship going with this author..
First of the book was pretty interesting and it did get me hooked. You're left wondering who's really mad in this story. What's the truth? I kept vaulting between Team Rachel or Team David. 

Personally I was upset with the ending though. Also SK Tremayne gives boring history of locations in the books. Do I really need to know all that? Will it make me love the book more? Nope, it really doesn't. 

All in all this book wasn't an "OMG the greatest book ever "but it was okay. I need SK Tremayne to step up the oomph factor. I'm pretty tired of reading about people with a mental breakdown. Seems to be the recurring theme in these author's books.

The Fire Child

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