A Scandalous Secret

A Scandalous Secret
Jaishree Misra

The truth will tear them apart…An engrossing novel about difficult choices and second chances that will enthral fans of DOROTHY KOOMSON and ERICA JAMES.They had the perfect marriage…Glamour, money, and a beautiful home– the golden couple of Delhi, Neha and Sharat appear to have it all. But a dark secret from Neha’s past is about to resurface, a heartbreaking moment in her past that she has tried to block out.While studying at Oxford, a naive eighteen year-old Neha fell pregnant and made the difficult decision to give the baby up for adoption, vowing never to contact her child again. But now, years later, her little girl – Sonya – is now a fully grown woman and determined to find her birth mother.With the foundation of Neha’s and Sharat’s world rocked to its very core, will Sonya’s arrival in Delhi push it over the edge? And as Sonya begins to confront Neha, can mother and daughter allow themselves to forgive and forget?An engrossing novel about difficult choices and second chances that will enthral fans of DOROTHY KOOMSON and ERICA JAMES.

Jaishree Misra

A Scandalous Secret

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Contents

Title Page (#uc19cb282-4c09-5d33-a8f5-0d80c934c2f5)

Copyright

Chapter One

Neha stood at the door to her spacious living room…

Chapter Two

Sonya lay under her duvet and looked around the bedroom…

Chapter Three

By midnight, Neha was so exhausted by her hostess duties…

Chapter Four

The eighteenth birthday party was to be held in the…

Chapter Five

Sharat walked towards the breakfast room, humming a jaunty tune.

Chapter Six

Waking up the day after her party, Sonya studiously avoided…

Chapter Seven

On the evening after her dinner party, Neha mustered the…

Chapter Eight

In the kitchen of the Shaw household, Laura gave her…

Chapter Nine

It was only when she was two hundred kilometres outside…

Chapter Ten

Sonya glowered at Tim from her cross-legged perch on the…

Chapter Eleven

When the floor was icy cold, and Neha’s body had…

Chapter Twelve

Laura watched Sonya throw a handful of cotton bras into…

Chapter Thirteen

Neha sat up, unsure of how many hours had passed…

Chapter Fourteen