Her Sister's Keeper

By Julia Penney

Can she forget the past?

It was on her wedding day that Melanie Harris discovered the ultimate betrayal: her sister Ariel was pregnant by Melanie's fiance .

Six months later, Melanie turns to psychologist Dr. Kent Mattson for help in resuming her life. Kent, a man plagued by his own demons, is immediately drawn to Melanie. But he has more pressing matters on his mind like the two, possibly linked, homicide investigations he's assisting with. The situation becomes even more complicated once he realizes that Melanie knew both victims.

When Ariel goes missing, Melanie knows she has to let go of that past betrayal. Saving Ariel means forgiving her and trusting Kent, the man who's shown her that there's love after loss.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia
• Release date: Jul 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781460849385

Julia Penney

Once upon a time, two writer friends met to walk their dogs. As they walked, they talked, and as they talked, a story was born. Though never intended to be more than a creative-writing exercise with each writing alternate chapters (ending in impossible cliff-hangers), Her Sister's Keeper took on a life of its own and went on to become a national bestseller and blockbuster movie...(in their dreams). Julie is a freelance photojournalist and former newspaper editor who also writes under the pen name Joanne Michls, and shares a cozy homestead in northern Maine with her husband, Patrick. Penny pens romances for Harlequin under the pseudonym Nadia Nichols. Are the two still talking after the challenge of coauthoring a novel across three-hundred miles of Internet? You betcha. In fact, they are currently at work on a sequel, which is sure to be another national bestseller and blockbuster movie! Stay tuned...