A chilling and compelling debut. Brilliant and insidious. Living in her home in the remote countryside—the perfect place to get away from it all—Helena is a career woman with no job and a mother without a baby. She blames Ashley for destroying her life. But is what happened really Ashley's fault?

When Helena hires Ashley to work for her, she's startled but impressed by her fierce ambition. They form a dream team, and Helena is proud—maybe this is the protégée she's always wanted to have? But soon Helena realizes that nothing will stand in the way of Ashley's drive to get to the top. And when Helena becomes pregnant, everything she has worked so hard for is suddenly threatened, with devastating consequences.

The Rival is an addictive psychological suspense about ambition, female rivalry, and how far you will go.