After taking a few weeks off work, Casey is presented with a new foster child: 14-year-old Elise, whose Mum left her at just five years old.After taking a few weeks off work, Casey is presented with a new foster child: 14-year-old Elise, whose Mum left her at just five years old.At first, she’s no trouble at all, that is until she falsely accuses another carer, Jan, of acting inappropriately towards her. It turns out this isn’t the first lie Elise has told – her previous carer was constantly following up allegations Elise had made of people bullying her, trying to have sex with her, or hurting her physically. With some reservations, Casey agrees to take Elise on long-term, but when she makes some dark claims about her mum, Casey doesn’t know whether to believe her. In any case, she is determined to find out the truth…Casey Watson, who writes under a pseudonym, is a specialist foster carer. She and her husband, Mike, look after children who are particularly troubled or damaged by their past.Before becoming a foster carer Casey was a behaviour manager for her local comprehensive school. It was through working with these ‘difficult’ children – removed from mainstream classes for various reasons – that the idea for her future career was born.Casey is married with two children and three grandchildren.• Casey has been a staple brand for Element for several years now• We’ve seen an uplift in TCM with her past couple of titles; A Dark Secret (6.6K) and Let Me Go (5K)• Her books do brilliantly through digital and international• The ghostwriter, Lynne Barrett-Lee, has written several Sunday Times bestsellersCompetition: Let Me Go;Too Scared to Tell;The Convent;Secret Slave; Trafficked;Girl A;A Long Way From Home;Where Has Mummy Gone?;Nobody’s Son;The Boy No One Loved;A Terrible Secret;Just a Girl;The Forgotten Child. by Cathy Glass;Toni Maguire;Torey Hayden;Maggie Hartley;Angela Hart;Rosie Lewis
Pubblicato da: HarperCollins Publishers