Blood Ties - Sam Hayes

I was given this book by a friend and it was incrediably difficult to put down once you began reading and constantly left you wanting to read more and more! The book starts by descibing how a mother dashes into the supermaket and leaves her sleeping baby in the car. When she returns the baby is gone. The sotry then follows two main, whos stories inter-weave with each other. This sounds a bit confusing but it is easy to follow! Firstly, 13 years after the babys disapearance, is the story of Erin and her daughter ruby. Erin gets with Robert Knight who is very well off and offers to fund Ruby's private education. Strange things start to ...  Read the complete review

I don't normally read much other than chick-lit, but this book was given to me for my birthday last year. I'm not familiar with Sam Hayes, but after reading this book, I have resolved to see if she has written anything else. The story follows Erin and Robert, along with their daughter Ruby. Robert is a successful solicitor and is very proud when Ruby is given a scholarship to a top school. Erin is far less pleased, and is determined to stop Ruby from taking the place. Robert is understandably puzzled as to why she would want to hold Ruby back, and begins to wonder whether there is more to Erin's behaviour than he originally thought. The story also ...  Read the complete review