A mother determined to hide the truth. A sister about to expose it.

When Tara Ryan gets the results of a DNA test one rainy afternoon, all her dreams come true. She discovers she’s not an only child, she has a long-lost sister, Cassie. What she doesn’t know is that Cassie is homeless, strung out, and praying for a break.

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As socially awkward Tara lets street-wise Cassie into her life, shocking secrets come to the surface – a dark web of illegal adoptions, betrayal and death. All rooted in a horrifying children’s home scandal which occurred many years before.

Has Tara’s mother been deceiving her for her entire life, or is Tara looking to the wrong person for the truth?

Someone is lying – and they must pay the ultimate price. 

My Review

Three main characters – Tara, socially awkward, most probably autistic, has no friends and takes care of her mother, Mary. Cassie, her long-lost, drunken, homeless sister, who she discovers through a DNA test. Except Tara is an only child, so how can that be possible?

And of course, 82-year-old Mary, selfish, manipulative, religious fanatic, never allows Tara to live her own life. Mourns the premature loss of her late husband, Tara’s Daddy RIP.

So how do these women connect and how will the relationships play out? What does Cassie know that Tara does not? And is she telling the truth?

Fascinating and heart-breaking, we all feel the utmost sympathy for Tara. But what about Cassie? Is she the result of a tragic childhood spent mostly in a children’s home, which is being investigated, or is she just a wicked, horrible person, taking advantage of both Tara and Mary? Born in the seventies, this was when babies in Ireland were still torn from an unmarried mother’s breast and ‘sold’ to a good Catholic family (different times says Mary).

And what about Mary? Old, fragile, disabled following the accident that killed her husband, and now dying. Or is much of it a ploy to keep Tara with her?

So who is the real villain here? Is it Cassie, always looking for someone to take advantage of and someone to blame? Or is it Mary, who has been keeping secrets from Tara her whole life? And what are those secrets and just who is telling the truth? Maybe Tara wants to believe what she wants – that she has a sister who will become her best friend, and that her mother was another innocent victim.

Someone is lying, but who? A short book with so many surprising twists, I’m still not sure who to believe.

Many thanks to @zooloo2008 for inviting me to be part of this blog tour.

About the Author

Lorraine Murphy takes everyday situations and twists them into terrifying tales. She is the author of Into the Woods and numerous published, and winning, flash fiction stories. A software engineer by profession, she’s had many careers including slimming club leader, adult educator, charity co- founder, chairperson, activist and entrepreneur. Asa teenager, she adored Stephen King and later found herself on the jury of an infamous murder trial.

When she’s not writing, Lorraine is always into something, whether it be competing in/for her local Toastmasters club or jumping out of a fully functional airplane. She lives in Westmeath, Ireland with her husband Brendan and three taller children. This is her second psychological thriller with Inkubator Books.

Lorraine’s Links
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Website : http://www.lorraineamurphy.com/

Book Links
Goodreads : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/194949863-be-careful-what-
you-wish-for
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