It was a compelling read that left me at the edge of my seat. Several twists left me wondering what is going to happen next. Definitely recommend

How far will a mother go to protect her daughter?
In this nicely paced book, the chapters vary between THEN and NOW.
Then, Annie is a divorced woman, living in a run down, unsafe building. Her only friend is her neighbor, who has an abusive boyfriend, and a newborn daughter. Annie becomes the babysitter and caretaker of the child, and becomes more like a mother.

Now, Annie is living in a cottage in the woods with her 13 year old daughter,Izzy. When the threatening emails with demands for money start coming, Annie’s world starts to shatter.
She’ll do anything to protect Izzy, but how far will she actually go?
I enjoyed this book. It was written well, and moved along smoothly. 4 Stars!
Thank you NetGalley and HQ Digital for the ARC.

A well written book
An addictive thriller
Will keep you hooked
A real page turner
Thanks NetGalley

Enjoyable read. I felt very connected to the story and characters. The writing was good, very interesting. Kept me turning pages.
I don’t know if I loved it/ but I did like it.

MY LOVELY DAUGHTER By R.P. Bolton

Annie Smith is quite content in the life she leads in a quiet small town with her daughter Izzy.

😊What i liked -

✔ Suspense Thriller.
✔ I liked that the story kept bouncing from past to present. It was interesting.
✔ I liked Annie's character. She is quite realistic.
✔ The storyline is quite gripping, with a nice flow of twists and turns.
✔ It's a very well written book, you do feel the fear and anxiety Annie goes through to keep her daughter safe.
✔ I really liked how the book ends.

🤔What could have been better -

✔ In places I feel that the story was getting a bit stretched.


📚Who Should read :

👶Beginners
👮Thriller Lovers
🕵Suspense Thriller Lovers


📈My Rating : 4/5


Thank you R.P. Bolton, NetGalley and HQ Digital for a copy.

A very interesting book whose main theme is about the love of a woman for her daughter. It is very well plotted and covers themes including inner city deprivation and the effects it can have on the children growing up in tower blocks. Annie has moved out and taken baby Izzy with her and is happily living in rural Lancashire when an unexpected text brings back the horrors of the environment she left behind 14 years ago. The lengths Annie will go to in order to protect the life they have are played out in front of us with some surprising twists and turns. With a final twist at the end it keeps the reader guessing.

Such an exciting thriller that had me gripping my seat until the very end. Thank you NetGalley for the early read.

My Lovely Daughter by R.P. Bolton was a gripping nail-biting new psychological thriller and I was hooked from the beginning till the end. This was a book I had to finish to see what happens in the end and WoW what an excellent ending to a brilliant book. I loved it.

A 'new to me' author provides a surprise at every corner (and a whopper of an ending). Told in two parts, which ultimately come together, has great characters and just when you think you've figured it out, it goes in yet another direction. I enjoyed the story and will look for others by the author.

This is the story of Annabelle/Annie and Izzy told in two time lines, Then and Now. It focuses on how far a parent would go for the love of a child. It tells of the desperation of people who have nothing, no means of escape from dreadful lives and surroundings and how vulnerable this makes them. An interesting read, if a bit predictable but with some very intense moments. The pace didn’t quite pick up as I hoped and I felt slightly let down by the ending. However, as this is all subjective, well worth a read.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.

What would you do to protect the most vulnerable person you know? What would you sacrifice for the sake of love? Do the ends ever justify the means?... A really entertaining, well written, page turner of a book. A story full of vibrant characters, that will keep you gripped until the end

My precious daughter. You have no idea how dangerous the world is. No idea of the horrors I’ve shielded you from. The things I’ve endured . . . our past.
We’ve been happy. We’ve been hidden. We’ve been safe.
But our perfect life is about to come crashing down.
Because they’ve found me. And they’re about to reveal my darkest secret . . . to you.
I’ll do anything to protect you, darling, because if you knew – I’d lose you forever.
You can never discover what I’ve done . . . or what I’m willing to do to keep you safe.

What a gripping and thrilling read.
Wonderful well written plot and story line that had me engaged from the start.
Love the well fleshed out characters and found them believable.
Great suspense and found myself second guessing every thought I had continuously.
Can't wait to read what the author brings out next.
Recommend reading.

I was provided an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher. This is my own honest voluntary review.

Annie unexpectedly finds herself a single mother to baby girl, Izzy. She builds a new life for herself and Izzy. Now, Izzy is thirteen and Annie is receiving text messages one of which is demanding money. Told in a then-and-now format I found My Lovely Daughter deeply engrossing. Annie's character was very well portrayed. A solid and suspenseful tale to while away a few hours.

This review was written voluntarily and my rating was in no way influenced by the fact that I received a complimentary digital copy of this novel from HQ Digital via NetGalley.

Thanks netgalley for giving me an early copy of this book to read.
Annie after leaving her husband, her job and her beautiful house is told to leave by her husband , and goes looking for an apartment in the Manor Park, the real name being just the Manor.
It was just another block of flats in a run down area near a railway line with terrible smells and broken lifts.
She never thought she would sink so low as to live in such an awful p,ace.
Her next door neighbour was was a young girl called Lauren, who smoked took drugs and always had men knocking at her door for what Annie could only guess.
Somehow they befriended each other, and had somewhat a volatile relationship.
That was until Lauren got pregnant and had her baby she really never wanted and Annie turned into a baby sitter and was taken advantage of by Lauren.
It carries on like that for quite a while until Lauren decides to leave the baby with Annie and go and live in Ibiza for a while.
Annie is frightened by the men who keep knocking at her door asking when Lauren is coming back and scares her.
What should she do, she makes her decision and the book goes on.

Annie would do anything to protect her daughter. But is the cost to high?

The dual timelines really did a lot for this book. It gave that sense of following how and why things took place like they did. I really liked how the characters were developed over time and you could feel the angst that Annie was feeling. This one did have more mystery than thriller, which is fine because it was still a really good read. I would have loved to have seen a little bit more around the abduction fall out to give it a bit of a suspense aspect.

Thank you Netgalley and HQ Digital for the opportunity to read and review this ARC.

After a destructive divorce, Annie has built a new life for herself and her thirteen year old daughter, Izzy. She believes they are safe from the secrets in her past. Her contentment is destroyed when she receives an anonymous demand for a huge amount of money otherwise Izzy will be told what happened when she was a baby.

This is an excellent domestic drama full of suspense. Annie's desperation to protect Izzy is palpable on almost every page. The narrative moves between now and the past and it develops Annie's character really well. The writing is good and the pace is just right. This was a rewarding read.

Many thanks to NetGalley and HQ Stories for an ARC in exchange for an honest rerview.

Told over two time lines, this story of Annie/Annabel and Izzy, works well to keep up the suspense in this domestic thriller. My sympathies were definitely with Izzy with such a protective mother. I realised quite early in the story why Annie was so protective but as the story progressed although my suspicions were correct there were still plenty of surprises. There were areas that were a little repetitive, but generally I could forgive that.
Three and a half stars for me!
Many thanks to Netgalley/R.P. Bolton/HQ for a digital copy of this title. All opinions expressed are my own.

Great characters and story line. Lots of twists and turns. Overall a lovely read. I look forward to the next book by this author.

I got My Lovely Daughter by R.P. Bolton from NetGalley for a fair and honest review.


My Lovely Daughter by R.P. Bolton, is a contemporary psychological thriller which examines how far a mother will go to protect her daughter.

The way this is done is by R.P. Bolton is by both the way the story is written, and the tropes used.

The Story is told throughout the novel through one person's perspective. Which means that when another character does something slightly out of the ordinary, the main protagonist can go through a chain of thoughts that would not have the same impact if the narrative was shon from another perspective,

In addition the story was told over two timelines allowing the writer to bring in the reason for the events from the past that triggered what is happening now.

While as a reader you knew when the story changed timelines as this was always done at the start of the chapters, however some of the jumps in the timeline did seem to happen all of a sudden and could be jarring.

What I really like about the main character was how well rounded she was even though some judgements in her life may not have been the most moralistic ones. Having said that if you're in the mind of a character throughout a novel then this should be the outcome for the reader.

As for the suspense that My Lovely Daughter which the writer brought into the novel was really well done from having the main characters life go on as normal throughout allowed the writer to add scenes in the book which would have happened any way in the characters life.

Became a major plot point of the story and really did add to the tension.

All this means As a reader I felt that My Lovely Daughter was your standard thriller which was able to have me gripped throughout the novel, from the engaging characters making it well worth reading

This was an interesting domestic thriller.

Annie and her thirteen year old daughter Izzy seemed to be having a happy life but then soon, someone seemed to threaten to end this happy life. The message demands Annie to give money and if Annie didn't give the money on time, the person threaten to tell Izzy the truth. Annie would do anything, to prevent Izzy from knowing the real truth.

The story divides back and forth between present and past. Though there weren't many twists or turns, the story itself was quite engaging and the author did a good job of drawing the reader into the story. Annie seemed to be a courageous character and in my opinion, I like reading the past part more than the present part. Also, the ending to me wasn't very satisfying but nonethless this was actually a good thriller. Overall, if you are looking for a good domestic thriller that will keep you in suspense then try this book out. Worth four stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.