Tell Me You're Mine

Stella is a successful therapist who begins to doubt her own mind when a new patient, Isabelle, introduces herself as her long-lost daughter Alice. Stella risks her licence, marriage, and life to save her, confronting chilling questions about what happened on the beach all those years ago and why Alice has come back now.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 480 pages
Publication date: 04 September 2018
Publisher: Allison & Busby

Stella and her boyfriend were teenagers when their one-year-old daughter, Alice, vanished during a holiday. Though her body was never found, Alice was assumed to have drowned. Twenty-one years later, Stella is happily married and a successful therapist. But everything falls apart when a new patient walks into her office. The young woman introduces herself as Isabelle - but Stella is sure she's Alice.

But when no one believes her, Stella begins to doubt her own mind. Even when her life is threatened, she can't convince anyone the danger is real. But for the chance to get her daughter back, Stella will risk anything: her licence, her marriage, her life. And in doing so, she'll confront a series of chilling questions.

What happened on the beach all those years ago? If Alice is alive, why has she come back now? And how far will Stella go to save her?

Stella's obsession with finding Alice consumes her, and she becomes increasingly isolated from her friends and family. She spends hours searching through old photographs and documents, trying to piece together any clues that could lead her to her daughter.

One day, Stella receives a call from a woman who claims to have information about Alice. The woman tells Stella that Alice is alive and living in a nearby town. Stella is ecstatic and rushes to the town, only to find that the woman is lying.

Desperate to find Alice, Stella begins to investigate on her own. She follows leads and speaks to people who may have seen Alice in the years since she vanished. She even goes to the beach where Alice was last seen, hoping to find some trace of her.

But as Stella digs deeper, she begins to realize that the truth is much more complicated than she had ever imagined. She learns that Alice was taken by a group of people who were involved in a cult-like religion, and that they were using her as a sacrifice. Stella is horrified by the revelations and begins to question her own sanity.

Despite the danger, Stella continues to search for Alice. She becomes increasingly reckless and dangerous, and her actions start to affect her marriage and her career. But she can't stop, driven by her love for her daughter and her desire to make things right
right.

In the end, Stella discovers the truth about Alice and the cult that had taken her. She confronts the leaders of the cult and tries to save her daughter, but it's a race against time. The cult is determined to sacrifice Alice to their god, and Stella is forced to make a difficult decision.

Ultimately, Stella is able to save Alice and bring the cult to justice. But the experience leaves her broken and traumatized, and she struggles to rebuild her life. She realizes that the line life is fragile and that sometimes, the line between hope and madness is blurred.

Stella's story is a powerful reminder of the human capacity for love and sacrifice, and the lengths we will go to protect those we love. It's a cautionary tale about the dangers of obsession and the importance of facing the truth, even when it's difficult to accept.

Weight: 530g
Dimension: 212 x 174 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780749023430