By Rob Kaufman
Book Synopsis
Meet Angela… a beautiful, charismatic woman who is every man’s dream and every woman’s envy. But she wasn’t always like this. Her past, filled with obesity, manic-depression and merciless treatment by others, clings to her like a poisonous leech – filling her with demonic rage and a determination to get whatever she wants no matter who gets hurt, or killed, along the way.
When she reacquaints with her old college friend Philip, she puts on an Oscar-winning performance, convincing he and his life partner, Jonathan that she is not the person she used to be and the three should have a child together through artificial insemination. The agreement is made and from that moment Philip and Jonathan’s idyllic life begins to unravel. Angela’s mask of deceit gradually slips as her pregnancy awakens her past physical and psychological problems, leaving Philip and Jonathan regretting ever allowing her into their lives.
Told from an elderly Jonathan’s hospital bed, this psychological thriller breathtakingly details the tragic unwinding of Angela’s tangled web and how it turns into heartbreak, deception, legal battles, and finally murder – with one last lie that affects more people than anyone could have imagined.
