Emma Dhesi books.

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Follow Me

Escape the shadows of the past in this gripping psychological thriller…

Maggie is a woman on the run. Hiding from the horrors of her abusive ex-husband and struggling to build a new life under an assumed identity, the last thing she needs is to be haunted by ghosts from her past.

But when sinister messages and strange events suggest someone is stalking her every move, Maggie’s fresh start begins to unravel. Her paranoia escalates as the threats mount. She questions who she can trust. Is she losing her mind or is someone playing a deadly game?

Unable to escape the traumatic memories of her marriage, Maggie battles mounting anxiety and dread. Determined to survive and outwit her pursuer, Maggie finds her very sense of self fracturing. Who is the real enemy – the one lurking in the shadows or the one in her head?

A must read for fans of Clare Boyd and Lisa Jewell.

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All About You

The past will always catch up with you.

Isobel Barnfather is young, angry and has just lost her best friend in a fatal car accident. To escape the pain, and small town gossip, she moves to the city and starts her life afresh.

When a new family move into her affluent Glasgow neighbourhood, Isobel is horrified to find out they are from her small town.

She doesn’t want them to know who she is and tries to keep her distance. But when Isobel’s husband invites them to his birthday party, she must stop her two worlds colliding.

If she can’t keep the past where it belongs, she risks losing her husband and the life she’s worked so hard for.

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More Than Enough

A façade of perfection. A hidden well of demons. When it all tumbles out of control, can she salvage anything from her wrecked world?

Scotland. Karen Elliot’s best friend is booze. Convinced she’s coping just fine despite nipping on the clock, the experienced schoolteacher is shocked when she receives an official warning about lecturing intoxicated instead of a promotion. And when she passes out dead-drunk at the school Christmas dance, she sobers up to discover she’s been summarily sacked.

With her husband fighting for his own job, Karen resolves to walk the straight and narrow. But when she falls off the wagon at a friend’s wedding and flirts with another man, she faces an ultimatum at home: Get clean or leave.

Can Karen admit she’s an alcoholic in time to find help or has she ruined her life forever?

More Than Enough is an inspiring contemporary women’s fiction novel. If you like flawed heroines, page-turning drama, and authentic stories about addiction, then you’ll love Emma Dhesi’s path toward serenity.

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Belonging

It’s hard to fit in when you don’t belong

Kathi’s life is almost perfect. She’s married to her childhood sweetheart and runs a thriving blog. But when her 15-year-old adopted son Jake shuts her out and a vicious troll enters her life, she is forced to rethink her place in the world.

Jake hates his mum and doesn’t belong in this pokey town. But then he runs into Joanne, who might be the mother figure he needs.  

Joanne never felt like she fit in. On the outside, she’s fun and outgoing, but on the inside she’s desperate to be part of a family.

When their worlds collide, their idea of family is pulled apart. How far are they willing to go to stay connected?

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The Day She Came Home

Would you take her back?

Nicola left her husband Ross, and son Sam, to begin a new life on a remote Scottish island. She thought she’d left her childhood and her old life behind her, but the desire to reconnect is too strong. She must find a way to get a second chance.

Ross can’t move on with his life until he knows what happened to his wife. When she turns up out of the blue and asks for a second chance, he’s not sure he can forgive her.


Stephen and Mary are devastated when their long-lost daughter returns and accuses them of the most horrific crimes. But as Stephen always said, no one would believe her.

When family secrets are brought to the surface everyone is forced to face their past. Can they forgive and forget?

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