Beyond Fear
Jaye Ford
Reviewed by Helen
This is my first Jaye Ford book and I am looking forward to many more, this is her debut book which released in 2011 but has been re-released in 2020 and what a fabulous read it is, a heart stopping, edge of your seat story that had me turning the pages. Four girlfriends are off on their annual weekend away never thinking that it would turn out the way it did, this is one that was very hard to put down.
It was Jodie Cramer’s turn to choose the place for their weekend away for her and Hannah, Louise and Corrine, what more could four girlfriends want on a weekend away with no kids but an old renovated isolated barn in the country. On the drive there on a dark country road they have a car accident which sets Jodie back to a time eighteen years before when her life changed and left her with many physical and emotional scars, she is determined to put it behind her and enjoy their fun filled weekend of food some wine and lots of laughter never thinking that their weekend would turn into a horror of a weekend.
Jodie is convinced that there is trouble brewing with strangers turning up when they arrive and then lights and a car in the night, the girls are convinced Jodie is overreacting and are determined to get on with their weekend, but when two men arrive and start talking and get inside the barn things turn horribly bad. When the tow truck driver Matt shows up at the right time Jodie pulls him in on the danger unwillingly her guilt is running high.
This story moves fast and had me on the edge of my seat what a thriller, I felt so much for Jodie what she had already been through in the past was enough but to have to go through it again but the anger bought so much strength out in her. This is a must read story, one that I highly recommend you will not want to put it down till the end and see how things work out for Jodie, Hannah, Louise, Corrine and Matt. Thank you Jaye Ford for a fabulous read, I loved it.
5 stars
Published April 20th 2020
