Three-year-old Millie Everleigh disappears on a crisp winter's day, and nothing is as it seems... My phone rings. It's my stepdaughter, Shelby, who is babysitting my three-year-old little girl Millie. 'I only went upstairs for a second,' she says through her sobs. 'She's gone.'I race home to find my blue-eyed baby girl missing, and my heart ripped out of my chest. And when the police turn up, Shelby's story starts to unravel.What is she hiding?Then I get a message saying, 'Your husband is not who you think he is.' Could he be lying?Suddenly, my family feel like strangers.Everyone has a secret - even me. Once the truth comes out, and all of our lies are exposed, will it be too late to save my precious child?A pulse-pounding psychological thriller about family secrets, shocking pasts and the lies we tell ourselves in order to survive.You'll lose sleep as you race through the pages until the final gasp-worthy twist!Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Liane Moriarty and The Wife Between Us. Readers love The Stepchild:'WOW!!!!! I couldn't put this book down, it was gripping from beginning to end...Had me on edge, I had to finish it the same day I opened it...A huge twist... WOW is the only thing after that last sentence I can say...It was too GOOD!!!' Goodreads reviewer, ?????'Grabbed me from the very first page and never let go...I loved this... Every time I thought I knew what was going to happen I was thrown an ever bigger curveball...Amazing... I never saw the ending coming!' NetGalley reviewer, ?????'WOW, WOW, WOW!!!My heart is still pounding! Amazing... Nail-biting thrill ride!... Absolutely unputdownable!! I read this in about 4 hours... I was on the edge of my seat.' Hockessin Book Reads, ?????'Omg, wow...Just wow. There are not enough superlatives in the English dictionary to express how much I loved this incredible thriller...Very very highly recommended by little old me.' Nicki's Life of Crime, ?????'Amazing amazing amazing.The Stepchild is brilliantly written. There is every kind of emotion that a person could feel within the plot...I adore Nicole Trope.' NetGalley reviewer, ?????'Wow, what a brilliant read this was!!!!!...It had me shocked and jumping up with joy all at the same time...I got so immersed... Could do nothing else until I finished it. Time totally stops when I'm reading one of Nicole Trope's books.' Goodreads reviewer, ?????