#BlogTour: Forgive Me by Susan Lewis @susanlewisbooks @fictionpubteam @HarperFiction @RandomTTours #ForgiveMe #SusanLewis #RandomThingsTours #5Stars #mustread

Book Synopsis:

Don’t miss the brand-new book from the Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Lewis!

I can’t forgive myself. Not after what I did.  Could you?

 
This is Claudia Winters’s last chance for a fresh start. Changing her name and leaving her old life behind, she has fled to the small town of Kesterly with her mother and daughter. Here, she hopes they can be safe for the first time in years.

But the past can’t stay hidden forever. And even as Claudia makes new friends and builds a new life, she can’t help feeling it’s all about to catch up with her… Until one disastrous night changes everything forever.

Tense, emotional and gripping, Susan Lewis’s latest novel is a spellbinding story of love, family, and the price of forgiveness.

Forgive Me is available in ebook and hardback now. You can purchase your copy using the link below or through your local indie bookstore.

My Review:

I’m a huge fan of this author so I was very excited to be invited onto the blog tour for this fantastic book. Once again the author has written a highly emotional, gripping and compelling read which was hugely enjoyable.

I absolutely loved the characters in this book who were all strong, relatable ones that I found easy to empathise with. I especially liked Claudia for having the strength to start a new life despite how difficult it would be. The character’s definitely go on a huge journey and I found it very interesting to follow them throughout the book. Some of the characters really got under my skin while others I fell in love with and I’ll be thinking about for a long time. I always think it shows great skill by an author to make you care that much about their characters.

This story develops at a great pace and there is always an underlying feeling of tension as the reader wonders whether Claudia’s past will catch up with her. It’s definitely an exciting story which is full of mystery and with lots of twists that kept me in suspense until the end. Some of the events in this book are quite harrowing and it was quite emotional to see them unfold. However this isn’t just a sad read, I felt that the underlying message was actually one of hope and, as the title suggests, forgiveness.

Overall I thought this was a fabulous read which I will be recommending to everyone. There are some important issues explored in this book which I found very interesting to learn more about, especially the concept of restorative justice which I had heard about but didn’t know how it worked. It was interesting to see it in action and I can definitely see how it could work in some situations. I think this would be a great book club read as there would be lots to discuss.

Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Harper Fiction for my copy of this book via Netgalley.

About The Author:

Susan Lewis is the internationally bestselling author of over forty books across the genres of family drama, thriller, suspense and crime. She is also the author of Just One More Day and One Day at a Time, the moving memoirs of her childhood in Bristol during the 1960s. Following periods of living in Los Angeles and the South of France, she currently lives in Gloucestershire with her husband, James and mischievous dogs, Coco and Lulu.
To find out more about Susan Lewis:
http://www.susanlewis.com
http://www.facebook.com/SusanLewisBooks
@susanlewisbooks