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High Hopes Kindle Edition

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"It was one stolen night. He was my soulmate and I'd never felt more alive. I couldn't tell him I got pregnant. It would've ruined everything. But now his daughter wants to meet him and I need to make things right." Another tear escaped down her cheek. "Everybody's going to hate me."

Best friends are rocked by a heart-breaking revelation. Their cosy world is blown apart, surely there can be no second chances. How can a future be built on the quicksand of secrets and lies? Steamy, passionate, and unpredictable. If you like sizzling love triangles, don't miss this uplifting romance.

Grace has a heart-rending secret - a love child she gave up for adoption. She was a penniless student, how could she raise a baby alone? Now, years later, her long-lost daughter is searching for answers and Grace gets a letter that will change everything.

The father is her best friend, who never knew about the baby. If Grace confesses now, she'll destroy his marriage. But Grace yearns to do the right thing by her daughter, so does she have a choice?

Highly recommended finalist in the Book Excellence Awards and the Wishing Shelf Book Awards, High Hopes is described as "...a cleverly plotted, sassy romance..."

Set in the wilds of Poldark-country - the stormy cliffs and windswept beaches of Cornwall, High Hopes is an engrossing saga filled with suspense. Will Grace risk everything for a chance of happy-ever-after? Her dilemma is sure to melt your heart.

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270 pages
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English
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18 April 2016
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1751 KB
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01EIJYJAU
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1751 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 270 pages

Best Sellers Rank: 620,030 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 17,251 in New Adult & College Romance (Kindle Store)
- 24,162 in Contemporary Women's Fiction
- 27,920 in Women's Fiction (Kindle Store)

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Sue Lilley loves getting lost in a page-turning story and can never put a good book down. She’s published several well-received novels and short stories and is always engrossed in creating the next. Her tales of hope, dreams, temptations and impossible dilemmas are sexy and real. Her shameless love of eavesdropping is done in the name of research and inspiration. When she isn’t escaping somewhere else in her imagination, she lives in the stunning north east of England.

Praise for Sue from reviewers:

“…the author has a powerful voice for storytelling…” (Reading Alley)

“…her dialogue has the ring of authenticity…” (Book Viral)

“…the themes of love, life and betrayal were handled with respect and felt authentic…” (Indie Book Reviewers)

“… the plot and writing make this a hopeful and inspiring read…” (Readers’ Favorite)

You can email Sue: sue@suelilley.com

You can follow Sue on Twitter: @suelilleyauthor

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lillixander

An enjoyable read.

Reviewed in Australia on 22 April 2016

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Reading Sue's second novel has been an absolute pleasure.
Written in a clear and engaging tone the book is a page turner from the first lines.
I love that the story gets straight to the plot, no dull set ups to wade through. I was hooked by the first few pages.
The central characters are intelligent and interesting and you find yourself siding with each character as the story follows their point of view.

Reviewed in Australia on 27 May 2016

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I just love this book. It is a casual and calm reading with enough complications, it is perfect. I like the plot especially the beginning where there is my favourite character, Alexander. I like how the author write about Alexander first because he is the present life for Grace before going to Sam, which is someone from Graces past. I also like how she explained Alexander and Graces relationship to us in the beginning so we dont get confuse about their relationship when the story starts to develop. I could feel the tension since Josh mentioned Sarah and how bitter Sam is when he is talking about Dixie's boss in the uprising part. The climax is beautiful and I love the ending. It is exactly what I want it to be. As for characterisations, I like each and every character. Dixie is definitely a character that grow the most during the story development. She starts as someone who is miserable and a jealous friend to someone who hosted the birthday party for Grace. Sam, Grace and Danny are characters that is well developed as the plot start to thicken. Overall, it was a pleasant reading experience. I like everything about it and the author writing style is eloquent and very straight forward, which is something I really look forward into.

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Sherman Morrison

Complicated People, Complicated Lives, Well-Told Story

Reviewed in the United States on 4 June 2016

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If Sue Lilley’s High Hopes were a movie, you’d call it a drama. It’s an extremely well written story about a group of people whose lives intertwined, complicated, and very messy. The fact that they’re all British seems to entail that they have tried to avoid confronting each other about the more difficult aspects of their relationships with each other for twenty years. What novel deals with is the inevitable letting the proverbial cat out of the bag. Everything that’s wrong in their lives swirls together into a cataclysmic climax and how it resolves. You see in plain sight with eyes wide open the poor choices these characters have made and do make, but you also understand why they made those choices, even if they seem like huge mistakes in hindsight. It’s about marriage, divorce, sex, family, fresh starts, and the consequences of the decisions we make. I won’t try to even summarize the plot or characters because it’s too convoluted. What I will say, however, is that the author’s skill is such that you can’t help but empathize with each and every one of the main characters, even as you watch the slow-motion train wrecks they create with the decisions they make. Well done, Ms. Lilley.

Mrs C M James

fantastic book that draws you in from the first page

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 April 2016

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I loved this 2nd book by this talented author. Intriguing from the first page, you are drawn into Grace's dilemma and I found myself getting more and more invloved......good job I was recovering from an operation as it meant I had time to read it in one sitting! The author writes in such a witty, engaging way and can also pull out some seriously sexy scenes (Danny mmmmm). Thoroughly recommend this book and looking forward to the next one.

Anastasia Styles

Well-written interpersonal entanglements woven together seamlessly.

Reviewed in the United States on 22 June 2017

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This book is very well written and does exactly what it intends to do: it involves the reader deeply in its intricate and many-layered webs of lies, deceits, secrets, and yet also of — as the title might suggest — hope.

Hope is generally considered such a positive thing, and yet it’s what’s found in absolutely pure form at the heart of every pathological liar, every sordid schemer. Lilley shows us this brilliantly, allowing us to appreciate its quasi-artistry amid its often abject failure in terms of the characters’ own intentions.

When I review a book, I speak of my personal experience of reading the book but also try to be objective, and that’s why in this case I’m giving four stars to a book that on a personal level, I simply didn’t enjoy. For me, it was a few hundred pages of what could easily have been my neighbours’ lives (not a commentary on my specific neighbours, but I’m addressing the notion of universal interpersonal dramas here), and nothing to truly tell me why this is of more interest to me than anyone else’s romantic and/or sexual gossip. But that’s just me and my tastes, more than anything wrong with the book per se, so I can hardly knock an author (or her work) for that.

For those who like interpersonal dramas of the kind where you enjoy a fly-on-the-wall vicarious experience of someone else’s romantic problems, then this is, as I say, a very well-written book that you can certainly reply upon to give you just that.

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horrorgirldonna

Compelling and realistic drama

Reviewed in the United States on 25 April 2016

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Twenty years ago, Grace had a drunken hook-up with her dearest friend, Sam, but immediately after, Sam got back together with his girlfriend and neither of them ever told anyone about their one-night stand. But Grace ended up pregnant and broke and gave her baby up for adoption, knowing it was the best decision for both her baby and herself. But now, her long lost daughter has managed locate her and is wondering about her father. Grace desperately wants to meet the child she gave up, but she isn’t sure that confessing the long-ago one-night stand is the right thing to do, for fear that the news would destroy her lifelong friendship with Sam.

Sue Lilley has created an intriguing, yet true-to-life scenario. It was easy to relate to Grace and place myself in her shoes, although I’ve never experienced her situation. Lilley’s writing is emotional and vivid; I quickly found myself pondering the same things—should she tell or just allow things to continue as they always have been? It would definitely be a difficult choice! I would recommend this book to anyone who loves fast-paced, believable drama with likable characters. Another excellent job from this author.

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Mrs J Mardling

Couldn't put it down.....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 August 2016

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Took this book on holiday and it got me in trouble as I was completely hooked and couldn't put it down. Whilst everyone else slept, I read for over two hours as I needed to know how it played out. The main characters are engaging and the book is well written hooking the reader in early. I have read both books currently released by this author and am looking forward to reading the next.

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