THE INTRUDER (The Influencer 3) by Adriane Leigh-review
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 28, 2025
How far would you go to reclaim the life you were denied?
Shae Halston wears her lies like a second skin. The dutiful daughter. The perfect wife. The loving caregiver. After a lifetime of betrayal, abandonment, and unspeakable abuse, Shae has learned one truth—revenge is the only way to heal. When she takes a job caring for Kelly, a once-renowned therapist left helpless and disfigured after a tragic accident, Shae sees it as the perfect opportunity.
Because Kelly isn’t just her patient. She’s the woman who destroyed Shae’s life.
As secrets unravel and memories resurface, Shae’s grip on reality begins to slip. Kelly knows more than she lets on, and Shae’s carefully constructed revenge spirals into something far more dangerous. In a house filled with buried secrets and ghosts of the past, the line between victim and villain begins to blur.
How far will Shae go to punish the woman who left her? And what happens when the monster you’re hunting… is you?
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REVIEW: THE INTRUDER is the third and final instalment in Adriane Leigh’s contemporary, adult, dark, psychological thriller focusing on Mia Starr aka Shae Halston aka Kelly Fraser. THE INTRUDER should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up after the events and cliff hanger of book two THE IMPOSTER
SOME BACKGROUND: Shae Halston is the former social media influencer known as Mia Starr but the unreality of Mia’s online presence was in complete opposition to the reality of Shae’s own life. As Shae succumbed to the demons that were controlling her mind, she takes aim at anyone and everyone she blames for destroying her life
NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.
Told from first person perspective (Shae)THE INTRUDER follows Shae Halston as she continues to exact revenge on the people in her life. Real or imagined, Shae targets friends and family, in the name of vengeance, for sins of the past. A psychotic break pushes Shae over the edge, as she spirals with the memories of what happened to set her on a journey of darkness, a journey that reveals a family history of secrets and lies.
THE INTRUDER is a dark and dramatic story of murder and vengeance, mental illness and abuse, obsession and madness, and dysfunctional family dynamics. The premise is tragic and intriguing; the characters are desperate and dogged
Reading Order and Previous Reviews
The Influencer
The Imposter
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Reviewed by Sandy
