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Clutching my husband’s hand, I screech with delight as the rollercoaster loops through the air. I feel young and free for the first time in years, but as we roll to a stop and I look for our three beloved children in the crowd, I panic. I can only see two. Where is my daughter? Today was meant to be special. A final fun family day out before five-year-old Summer joins her big siblings at school. But in an instant, we’re plunged into a nightmare. We scream her name as we frantically search the amusement park for a glimpse of her flaming red hair.

Cate grips the note with trembling hands, looking down at the delicate bundle on her doorstep. As she reaches down to the baby, she knows she has finally got everything she’s ever wished for. But is he hers to take? Cate tries not to cry as she closes the door on the nursery room once again. All she has ever wanted is to be a mother. Cursed with a medical condition that means she is unable to have children, her only option is to wait for a call from the adoption center. But that call feels like a lifetime away.

Du vände bort blicken för en sekund. Och nu är din lilla flicka borta. Jag kramar min mans hand och skriker förtjust när berg- och dalbanan flyger fram genom luften. Jag känner mig ung och fri för första gången på flera år, men när vi stannar och jag letar efter våra tre barn i...

For listeners of domestic suspense, book club fiction, and character-driven dramas like Big Little Lies, The Whispers, and Little Fires Everywhere, Something You Should Know (Book 1 of the After Ever series) follows four lifelong friends inspired by beloved fairy tale heroines (Belle, Cinderella, Jasmine, and Aurora) as they navigate marriage, motherhood, ambition, family secrets, and the dangerous gap between the lives they show the world and the truths they keep hidden.

Teena has spent years building her Pittsburgh restaurant from the ground up. Success came through grit, sacrifice, and refusing to let anyone tell her she doesn't belong. The last thing she needs is a distraction—especially one that looks like her infuriatingly talented chef. Zelle hasn't left her apartment in months. A gifted artist trapped by severe agoraphobia, she's carefully shrunk her world into something manageable. But when an emergency forces her outside, she'll have to decide whether survival means staying safe, or finally taking a risk.

No matter what life throws at me, I have always been able to depend on my best friend Rachel. In nineteen years of friendship, we’ve never argued or fallen out. So, I’m wracked by guilt over my decision to keep her daughter Chloe’s pregnancy a secret. I don’t want to break Chloe’s trust but, if I don’t say anything, it could destroy my relationship with Rachel. I hoped Chloe would find the confidence to tell her mom, but days have passed, and the guilt is eating me alive. As much as I want to support Chloe, I don’t know how much longer l can lie to my best friend.

Du kiggede væk et øjeblik. Og nu er din lille pige forsvundet. Det var meningen, at dagen skulle være noget særligt. En sidste sjov familieudflugt, før min 5-årige datter Summer skal begynde i skole sammen med sine ældre søskende. Men på et øjeblik forvandles alt til et mareridt. Vi råber hendes navn, mens vi febrilsk endevender forlystelsesparken og prøver at få et glimt af hendes ildrøde hår. Jeg føler i mit hjerte, at Summer er derude et sted. Men mens jeg som besat prøver at finde hende, falder min familie fra hinanden.

Apartaste la vista un segundo. Y ahora tu hija ha desaparecido. Hoy tenía que haber sido un día especial. Una última salida familiar antes de que Summer, de cinco años, empiece el colegio junto a sus hermanos mayores. Pero, en un instante, todo se convierte en una pesadilla. Siento en el corazón que Summer está ahí fuera, en algún lugar. Pero, mientras me obsesiono con encontrarla, mi familia se desmorona. Mi hija mayor, Merritt, se encierra en sí misma. Mi hijo Gus está furioso. Y, aunque llevamos diecisiete años casados, mi marido se ha vuelto un desconocido.