The Between the Sheets team can't wait to get their mitts on this one: the stunning new novel from Lucy Dawson. After her brilliant debut His Other Lover, Lucy is back with her unique brand of dark and compelling chick lit. What My Best Friend Did is shocking, surprising and utterly sensational.

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With friends like these, who needs enemies?

When Alice meets Gretchen for the first time, it feels a bit like falling in love. Life's got a bit boringly grown-up of late: weekends at weddings and baby-showers, celebrating friends' transitions to a life Alice isn't quite up for yet, and, at home, a sweet-and-stable boyfriend she suspects she's outgrown. Gretchen Bartholomew, with her air of impulsiveness and intuitive style, is that rarest of things: a proper, new friend who knows how to have fun. Even the added complication of Gretchen's gorgeous brother, Bailey, might actually be just what Alice needs. Before she knows what's hit her, Alice's brilliant new best friend is turning her world upside down.

But Gretchen has a dark secret, which - like time bombs ticking in her hand - won't stay hidden for ever. The explosion may teach them both more than they ever wanted to know about how female friendships can go wrong ...


Praise for His Other Lover

'Lucy Dawson's debut novel puts every woman's nightmare into words . . . You'll identify with the character, regardless of the choices she ends up making. You'll feel her distress, you'll turn pages in anticipation ... His Other Lover is dark, compelling and will leave you with an uneasy feeling in the pit of your stomach *****' Heat

'Funny, dark and very surprising - a compulsive new breed of chick lit' Louise Candlish

'If you like your chick lit with a bit of a twist, then His Other Lover by Lucy Dawson is for you . . . most definitely a cut above, [this] reaches dark places which other novels in the genre would steer well clear of, on the way to a thought-provoking ending' Peterborough Evening Telegraph


Amazon reader reviews for His Other Lover

'This is the only book I have ever read in one sitting. I started it at six p.m. and did not stop reading until its completion at 12.45 that night/morning. I could not put the book down; I loved it right from the very first paragraph'

'I couldn't get over how good this book was. It pulls you in right from the first page. I have read endless chick lit books, but this one will really stick in my mind. I've passed it round to all my friends and they all loved it'

'I started this book at seven p.m. and finished it in one sitting! I was addicted and totally engrossed in Mia's story. I have not read a book for years that I could not put down'

'Very, very good, very different and a welcome change from the chick lit that has saturated the market without leaving much of an impression. This was extremely memorable'

 
And don't forget to visit Lucy's brand new website at www.lucydawsonbooks.co.uk!