Dark Betrayal
By Victoria and Rebecca Heap
Brenna Monaghan emitted a small moan of bliss as she sank into the warm embrace of the hot tub. The water bubbled up to greet her, matching the fizzing excitement of her heart, which hadn’t quite recovered from recent events. She was still sure they’d chosen the wrong person, and, any minute now, someone would come in to brand her as an imposter and force her off the premises. She glanced towards the door. No sign yet of being disturbed. Grinning, she sank back under the water. She better get on with enjoying herself. Gazing up at the stars above her, she thanked her lucky star, whichever one that was, for guiding her here.
It was undoubtedly good luck that she’d argued with her mother, one in an endless round lately, resulting in her decision to play truant college and go into town. Not that her mother cared what she was doing. All she cared about was herself and her current boyfriend – who loved her too much to try it on with her daughter. How dare she even suggest such a thing? Why would he want her anyway? She was nothing. She was an ugly, skinny carrot top and always would be.
How she hated her! She’d longed to get out from under her, but her brother had insisted that she get her qualifications first. It was easy for him to say, not so easy to live it when her mother was such a bitch and her live-in lover was a little short of a paedophile. Not that she’d mentioned the last part to Sean. She didn’t want him getting himself all in a tizzy.
Genre: Thriller
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Victoria and Rebecca Heap
ABOUT Victoria and Rebecca Heap – We are twin sisters from Bolton, a multi-faceted and friendly town in Lancashire, UK.
Biography.
We would love to tell you about all the various unusual jobs we have had and the wacky adventures we had on our way to becoming authors since that is what other authors seem to do in these bios. Unfortunately, we somewhat lack that respect. However, our birth was very eventful as neither our mother nor the midwives attending realized that she was having twins until just after Rebecca was born! We aim to make our writing as surprising and marvellous as that!
We can’t say if we are identical or fraternal twins as no one, least of all our parents, seems able to agree. It doesn’t matter to us. What matters is our mutual love of the written word and our symbiotic relationship. Without these, we would never have come together to fulfil our dreams in the creation of our first books.
We both attended Leeds University. Victoria studied English and Philosophy, and Rebecca studied History and Philosophy. Victoria is now a solicitor, and Rebecca is a foster parent. We are both happily married. Victoria has two children, and Rebecca has seven children (including three foster children) and a husband who could not quite believe that we finished our suspense duology, which he dubbed “The Neverending Story!”
We have the bit between our teeth and have now finished writing our next labour of love, a romantic fantasy trilogy. If you come to read about the animalistic world we have created, you may gather that we are “cat people”. We grew up with a lovely little tabby who was an intrinsic part of our childhood. Now Rebecca has a socially awkward but loving female cat called Maisie, and Victoria has two beautiful, big, ever-hungry male cats, Bert and Ernie!
Victoria’s other interests include singing with a community choir and enjoying walks in the countryside. In contrast, Rebecca enjoys swimming regularly and watching movies, especially with her youngest son, who loves anything action or superhero-based. Although our newest endeavour is a fantasy, we have found inspiration for it in our daily lives. At their core, fantasy stories are still stories about humanity – our emotions, struggles, flaws, and courage.
Victoria and Rebecca Heap
