He Loves Me Not

By: Lorraine Murphy

Many thanks to Zooloo’s Book Tours for the ARC of this book and the stop on the book tour!

About the Book

It’s been three years since Ruth’s marriage abruptly ended. Now, along with her young daughter Beth, she’s ready to move on with her life.

And there’s something else that Ruth wants to forget – her previous connection to a sinister religious cult, The Messengers.

Despite her troubled past, Ruth is ready to embrace the future. So when a new man enters her life, she’s excited to go on a date with him.

But a series of unsettling incidents suggest that nothing is quite as it seems. Is this the Mr. Right she’s been hoping for? Or does her new man have his own secret agenda? And are The Messengers really ready to let her go? Soon Ruth is forced to confront the ghosts of her past as they become the terrors of her present. Will she ever be free of what happened back then? Or is someone determined to drag her back down into the darkness?

My Review

Cult thriller? Sign me up! I love me a good cult thriller and this one did not disappoint! The way the Murphy wrote Ruth makes the reader really feel bad for her, really root for her to want to find her way without constantly being haunted by The Messengers, to live without constantly looking over her shoulder.

All of the characters in this book are necessary; they have a purpose and they are essential to the story. I tried to figure out how all the pieces of the puzzle would fit together and I just couldn’t. I did have some ideas, but I was wrong (once again!).

That twist at the end!!! Oh man! I won’t tell you about it, obviously, but I will say it’s GOOD. I didn’t see it coming. This book is the true definition of a page turner. Murphy has a way of building the story with each turn of the page, so this reads really fast.

This is out now, so grab your copy here!

About the Author

Lorraine Murphy takes everyday situations and twists them into terrifying tales. She is the author of Into the Woods and numerous published, and winning, flash fiction stories.

A software engineer by profession, she’s had many careers including slimming club leader, adult educator, charity co-founder, chairperson, activist and entrepreneur. As a teenager, she adored Stephen King and later found herself on the jury of an infamous murder trial.

When she’s not writing, Lorraine is always into something, whether it be competing in/for her local Toastmasters club or jumping out of a fully functional airplane. She lives in Westmeath, Ireland with her husband Brendan and three taller children.