Bøker av Rea Frey

In this haunting story that spans three decades, a young gymnast escapes a kidnapping. Years later, she's forced to face the past when her own daughter disappears.Cora Valentine has her whole life--and a shot at the Olympics--ahead of her. But when she's kidnapped on Halloween, her name is splashed across headlines not as an athlete but as a victim. Not even her safe return changes that, especially since no one is caught for the crime.Hounded by the public, Cora's time as a missing girl and member of the Magnificent Eight has its consequences. Years later, when Cora has her own daughter, she's determined to leave the past behind for a better life. Her daughter will never face those fears. And Cora will never face them again.But four years later, on Halloween, the past comes knocking.Now, Cora's daughter is gone, and to get her back, Cora must take someone else's child.Clearly, whoever took her all those years ago isn't done with her yet...but as long as they have her daughter, Cora's not done with them either.

What happens when a husband's dying wish is for his wife to find a new love . . . before he's even gone?

When a body is presumed to be her missing husband's, a woman must unravel the secrets of her own past to clear her name, find the truth, and put her conscience to rest once and for all.All Ruby wanted was a fresh start. But after an early retirement and a relocation to a tight-knit community with her husband, Tom, and her daughter, Lily, her new beginning takes a turn.First her troubled daughter and then her husband disappear without a trace. Unsure how to cope, grief-ridden Ruby turns to her neighborhood friends to find a way forward with new hobbies, including a murder club where they try to solve cold cases.But just as unexpectedly as her family vanished, a body floats to the surface of the nearby lake.And everyone is sure the body belongs to Tom...everyone except Ruby.Determined to find out what happened to her family once and for all, Ruby digs into her neighbors' lives, and her own, only to uncover secrets that raise more questions than they answer. And the biggest question of all--why doesn't she recognize the body?

Can the entire course of a life be traced back to a single instant? And can hope be found in every moment after?

A thrilling domestic drama set against the power of the wilderness, Rea Frey's Secrets of Our House is a deeply-felt novel of long-held secrets and the strength of family.Desi is the mastermind behind her dream getaway house. Nestled high into the mountains of North Carolina, it is a sleek place, a luxurious place, a dark place. A place full of secrets.Secrets about the man she longs for, a man who is not her husband. Secrets about the roots of her family that must never, ever, see the light of day. When Desi and her family arrive from Chicago to spend the summer in the mountains, the seeds for the tumultuous months to follow are planted-her marriage on the rocks, not knowing which way they'll go. Her seventeen year-old daughter Jules, falling in love for the first time with a local boy-and forging a new path that will take her to uncharted places. And Carter-a man Desi knew long ago, before she expunged him from her life for good. All hurtling toward events none of them can undo.Engaging, propulsive, and with a dramatic, heart-pounding final act, Secrets of Our House is a dazzling novel, richly-drawn, that shows no matter how hard outside forces may shake you, the bonds of family are stronger than the harshest winds.

In Until I Find You, celebrated author Rea Frey brings you her most explosive, emotional, taut domestic drama yet about the powerful bond between mothers and children...and how far one woman will go to bring her son home."Frey is a rising star in the suspense scene" - Booklist2 floors. 55 steps to go up. 40 more to the crib.Since Rebecca Gray was diagnosed with a degenerative eye disease, everything in her life consists of numbers. Each day her world grows a little darker and each step becomes a little more dangerous.Following days of feeling like someone's watching her, Rebecca awakes at home to the cries of her son in his nursery. When it's clear he's not going to settle, Rebecca goes to check on him.She reaches in. Picks him up.But he's not her son.And no one believes her.One woman's desperate search for her son . . .In a world where seeing is believing, Rebecca must rely on her own conviction and a mother's instinct to uncover the truth about what happened to her baby and bring him home for good."Completely captivating, utterly compelling...a must read!" - Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke, authors of The Two Lila Bennetts

In Until I Find You, celebrated author Rea Frey brings you her most explosive, emotional, taut domestic drama yet about the powerful bond between mothers and children...and how far one woman will go to bring her son home."Frey is a rising star in the suspense scene" - Booklist2 floors. 55 steps to go up. 40 more to the crib.Since Rebecca Gray was diagnosed with a degenerative eye disease, everything in her life consists of numbers. Each day her world grows a little darker and each step becomes a little more dangerous.Following days of feeling like someone's watching her, Rebecca awakes at home to the cries of her son in his nursery. When it's clear he's not going to settle, Rebecca goes to check on him.She reaches in. Picks him up.But he's not her son.And no one believes her.One woman's desperate search for her son . . .In a world where seeing is believing, Rebecca must rely on her own conviction and a mother's instinct to uncover the truth about what happened to her baby and bring him home for good."Completely captivating, utterly compelling...a must read!" - Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke, authors of The Two Lila Bennetts

A thrilling domestic drama set against the power of the wilderness, Rea Frey's Secrets of Our House is a deeply-felt novel of long-held secrets and the strength of family.Desi is the mastermind behind her dream getaway house. Nestled high into the mountains of North Carolina, it is a sleek place, a luxurious place, a dark place. A place full of secrets.Secrets about the man she longs for, a man who is not her husband. Secrets about the roots of her family that must never, ever, see the light of day. When Desi and her family arrive from Chicago to spend the summer in the mountains, the seeds for the tumultuous months to follow are planted-her marriage on the rocks, not knowing which way they'll go. Her seventeen year-old daughter Jules, falling in love for the first time with a local boy-and forging a new path that will take her to uncharted places. And Carter-a man Desi knew long ago, before she expunged him from her life for good. All hurtling toward events none of them can undo.Engaging, propulsive, and with a dramatic, heart-pounding final act, Secrets of Our House is a dazzling novel, richly-drawn, that shows no matter how hard outside forces may shake you, the bonds of family are stronger than the harshest winds.

The truth will set you free - but it's the lies that keep you safe. Single mother Lee has the daily routine down to a science: shower in six minutes. Cut food into perfect squares. Never leave her on-the-spectrum son Mason in someone else's care. She'll do anything - anything - to keep his carefully constructed world from falling apart. Do anything to keep him safe.