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The Affair is Claire Allan’s latest novel, released via Boldwood Books. She is a former reporter for the Derry Journal who published eight contemporary women’s fiction novels with Poolbeg Press in Ireland before becoming a full-time author and switching genres to ‘unleash her darker side’.
Her first domestic noir novel, Her Name Was Ros,e was published by Avon/ HarperCollins in 2018 and was an instant bestseller in several countries. Claire’s novels have been translatedinto multiplelanguages.
Latterly. Claire worked as a story consultant on series one of the hugely successful BBC drama’ Blue Lights’ with Two Cities Productions. She has also written a number of rom-coms under the pen-name Freya Kennedy and supported Sunday Times Bestseller Serena Terry while she was writing her Mammy Banter titles.
In 2023, Claire signed a multi-book deal with Boldwood Books to write four thrillers as Claire Allan, and three rom-coms as Freya Kennedy, securing her publishing into 2026
Her heart is thumping now, only just distinguishable from the roar of the water and the wind. This is not safe. She is not safe…
She realises then only one of them is coming back out alive.
Sorcha thought her life was over when she discovered her husband’s affair. But somehow, she’s risen from the ashes of their divorce, and now she’s determined to give something back and help other women who need support.
Women like shy and isolated Tina, who has barely left her flat in the past year. Like Sorcha, Tina knows what it feels like to be betrayed by the man you love. But when Sorcha invites Tina into her life, and her home, she opens the door to much more than just friendship – and for these two women, nothing will be the same again.
Because one of them is hiding a dark secret – a secret they’ll do absolutely anything to keep…
The Affair is one of those books you buy, add to your to read pile and then pick it up and are blown away.
It’s a compelling and compulsive read that keeps you turning the pages. The dual point of view gives the story so much depth and makes the twists feel that much more suspenseful.
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