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Promise Paperback – January 1, 2018

by Sally Jenkins (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars 75 ratings
A man has been stabbed. A woman is bloodstained. The nightmares from her teenage years have begun again for Olivia Field just as she is preparing to marry. Ex-convict, Tina is terminally ill. Before she dies, the care of her younger, psychologically unwell brother, Wayne must be ensured. So Tina calls in a promise made to her thirty years ago in a prison cell. A promise that was written down and placed with crucial evidence illustrating a miscarriage of justice in a murder case. Tina believes Olivia is perfectly placed to provide the care Wayne needs, but to do so, Olivia must be forced to cancel her own wedding and wreck the lives of those close to her. Tina's terrible blackmail demands put Olivia's entire future and, ultimately, her freedom under threat. The Promise is a fast-paced psychological thriller told from several third person viewpoints. The novel explores the lengths to which people are prepared go in order to protect those they love and the impossibility of ever fully escaping our past actions.
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  1. Language
    English
  2. Publisher
    Book Guild Publishing Ltd 28/01/2018
  3. Publication date
    January 1, 2018
  4. Dimensions
    8.46 x 0.87 x 5.51 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1912083981
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1912083985
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Book Guild Publishing Ltd 28/01/2018
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1912083981
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1912083985
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.46 x 0.87 x 5.51 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.5 out of 5 stars 75 ratings

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Sally Jenkins

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Sally Jenkins lives in the West Midlands of England. She was the winner of the UK Romantic Novelists' Association Elizabeth Goudge Award in 2023 and writes uplifting, 'feel good' novels for ChocLit, an imprint of Joffe Books.

When not writing, she feeds her addiction to words by working part-time in her local library, running two reading groups and giving talks about her writing. Sally can also be found walking, church bell ringing and enjoying shavasana in her yoga class.

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  • R. R.
    4.0 out of 5 stars What would you do for your family?
    Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2018
    Tina’s life is almost at an end. Faced with the news that she has terminal cancer, she finds a way to make sure her brother, Wayne, is looked after after she is gone. Tina did not have an easy life. She was in and out of jail a few times and since then has never held a steady job. The only thing Tina ever managed to do right was taking care her her younger brother as a promise she made to her mother many years ago. Wayne is not stable enough to live on his own and cannot hold down a job. He has rituals he performs and everything needs to be in the right order or he will freak out. Because of this, Tina reaches out to Simon and Olivia. Simon is the son of her ex-cellmate, Audrey. Audrey promised Tina, thirty plus years ago, that if she ever needed help Simon and Olivia will be there for her.

    Olivia is starting to have nightmares. Nightmares of a murder that took place thrirty years prior. She chalks it up to the stress that she has been under while preparing to her wedding with Mark. Mark is concerned about her and offers to help her get counseling, but there are secrets Olivia does not want to get out. Secrets she thought she buried years ago in her past.

    Tina knows all about Olivia and her secret. Audrey, her ex-cellmate wrote out a confessional and accidentally mailed it along with the letter stating that Simon and Olivia would offer assistance to her if she ever needed it. Tina will stop at nothing to get what she wants even if it means blackmailing Olivia in order to reach her end goal.

    I really enjoyed reading THE PROMISE. At first, I was a bit confused because there are many characters introduced pretty early on in the story, but I realized it was needed once everything started to come out. Tina, although having numerous bad points, still managed to come across as somewhat caring when she talks about her brother and her willingness to do anything to protect him when she is gone. I had a love/hate relationship with Tina. Tina is quite devious blackmailing Olivia and Simon, but deep down you know its rooted in her belief that her brother will be cared for.

    The story is a slow build up and I really liked the psychological play which kept me glued to the story to find out how it would all go down. I do have to say that the manipulation and lies and long ago buried secrets had me flipping through the pages to find out what happens next.

    THE PROMISE is told through different points of view which I always find work really well in any story and helps me make a better connection to each of the characters. I love seeing the thought process behind the characters actions and the author, Sally Jenkins did a beautiful job of this. I highly recommend picking up a copy of this story. it is well worth the read.
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  • booklover
    3.0 out of 5 stars Promises Kept
    Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2018
    Many thanks to the author / The Book Guild Ltd / Netgalley for the advance digital copy. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

    Some promises should never be made and some should never be kept.

    Tina is an ex-convict and dying of cancer. Her biggest worry isn't dying .. it's what to become of her brother Her brother, Wayne, is unable to care for himself, what a lot of people would call simple mindedness.

    Tina calls in a promise made to her many years ago ... by another inmate who was imprisoned for murdering her husband. When Tina reads the letter again, her friend has written a letter to her son and his girlfriend, asking them to please help Tina should she need help. What Tina finds, attached to the back of the letter, is another missive ... this time putting in writing that she did not kill her husband .... he was killed by her son's girlfriend.

    Olivia and Simon are best of friends, even though they are no longer married. Each have moved on to better lies. Olivia is engaged to a wonderful man and Simon is dating one of Olivia's friends. No one but the two of them know what really happened years and years ago.

    Tina turns to blackmail to get what she wants for her brother. Tina wants Simon to employ him .. even though he has absolutely no job history at all ... and he's 50 years old. She threatens Simon with the idea that she will hurt his new girlfriend. She tells Olivia she will go to the police if she doesn't pay her enough money to stockpile for her brother.

    To what lengths would a person go in order to protect her loved ones from the truth?

    This is a psychological thriller that I found to be a good read, if not fast-paced. The characters are deftly drawn, but they all had issues and few redeeming qualities.
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  • Patricia, Reviews by Room With Books
    4.0 out of 5 stars The Promise by Sally Jenkins s bound to be a best-seller!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2018
    Disclaimer: I received a complimentary digital copy of The Promise by Sally Jenkins for the purpose of an honest review. The opinions expressed here are entirely my own.The Promise

    "A man has been stabbed. A woman is bloodstained. The nightmares from her teenage years have begun again for Olivia Field – just as she is preparing to marry.

    Ex-convict, Tina is terminally ill. Before she dies, the care of her younger, psychologically unwell brother, Wayne must be ensured. So Tina calls in a promise made to her thirty years ago in a prison cell. A promise that was written down and placed with crucial evidence illustrating a miscarriage of justice in a murder case.

    Tina believes Olivia is perfectly placed to provide the care Wayne needs, but to do so, Olivia must be forced to cancel her own wedding and wreck the lives of those close to her. Tina’s terrible blackmail demands put Olivia’s entire future and, ultimately, her freedom under threat."

    The Promise by Sally Jenkins is a steady-paced, well written psychological thriller! Ms. Jenkins saturates The Promise with a myriad of characters and fills the pages with the slow building machinations of the present by filling us in on what happened 30 years ago.

    The Promise held my attention with short chapters that kept me moving from page one through the end of the book. It was a quick read for me, but I enjoyed it thoroughly!

    I give The Promise by Sally Jenkins four cups of steaming hot Room With Books coffee! I recommend you get your copy so you can join in the chatter! This book is bound to be a best-seller!

    ©February 9, 2018
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  • Griselda
    3.0 out of 5 stars MEH...
    Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2018
    I would like to thank NetGalley and the Publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

    I thought this story could have been better. It felt incomplete and unreal.
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  • Amazon Customer
    3.0 out of 5 stars An ok read
    Reviewed in Australia on October 22, 2018
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    Whilst there are certain twists & turns in the book the plot is somewhat weak, the characters are not fully developed and a lot of their choices do not make sense. It’s not a bad book but not great either.
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  • Whiskas' Mum
    5.0 out of 5 stars A really great read.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 31, 2018
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    I am not an avid reader, far from it, but there is something about the way that Sally Jenkins writes that draws me in and keeps me wanting to read more.
    This book has such a varied mix of characters and events that intertwine and I quickly found myself in the “I’ll just read one more chapter” loop.
    It made me think a lot about how I would behave in the main character’s situation.
    In addition, I couldn’t predict how the ending would turn out which added to the page turning suspense as the final chapters galloped along towards the thrilling finale.
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  • Hellymart
    4.0 out of 5 stars A Roller-Coaster of a Read!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 12, 2018
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    I’ll be honest: psychological thrillers are not usually my genre of choice – reliant, as they often are, on coincidence and characters behaving in ways that can seem, at times, a little unbelievable, so I’m probably not the best person to be reviewing The Promise. But I must admit, I didn’t see the ending coming and I was intrigued to see how the problems were going to be resolved, so full marks to Sally for a well-written page-turner of a book.
    I liked the West Midlands setting too. It’s great to have a book of this type that’s not set in London, for a change.
    The characters are not, on the whole, particularly likeable (but then, in this kind of book, which is plot-driven rather than character-led, that probably doesn’t matter) but I did like the young girl Suzanne and was worried for her and how things were going to pan out with her future plans and the dubious boyfriend that she’d managed to acquire. I’d have liked Suzanne to have featured more (perhaps, as others have suggested, if there’s a sequel, she could take centre-stage?).
    If you like your novels fast-paced (and at 200 pages, this is shortish and the kind of book you could devour in a deliciously-indulgent afternoon), then I’m sure you’ll enjoy The Promise.
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  • Theda
    5.0 out of 5 stars I thoroughly enjoyed this book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 31, 2018
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    I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Its a real page turner. I was particularly surprised to find out much sympathy I felt for Tina, she is a very well written character. I wont give the plot away but you wont be able to put it down. I stayed awake much too late one night reading it
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  • Skb
    1.0 out of 5 stars Do not recommend
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 3, 2019
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    This book was awful. Badly written with a terrible plot. Persevered for a while but had to give up as the writing was so bad.
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