I look into baby Fern’s crib, and my heart pounds. I’m her nanny, I was supposed to keep her safe. I hear the police downstairs, and the next words I hear make my legs buckle underneath me. ‘It was the nanny. She’s guilty’.
When I first walked into Jake and Megan’s immaculate home, I felt totally at ease. Sitting in the crisp white living room, they held hands and talked lovingly about their baby girl, Fern.
As the weeks passed, I began to think I’d made a mistake in taking the job. Jake was overly friendly from the start, watching my every move and always offering to drop me home, even though it was out of his way. And Megan seemed to take pleasure in telling me off in front of her husband, blaming me for things I hadn’t done.
The first time I heard the Haringtons arguing behind the door to their bedroom, I heard my name mentioned, and then they went silent. I should have left right there and then.
Now, as I stand accused of something terrible, my whole past is revealed and the Haringtons admit to knowing every detail about why I was sacked from my last job. We all have secrets, but little do they realise, I know theirs too…
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Review
There re some stories your immediately have characters you love and believe and others you hate deeply and on’t trust them one little bit. And then there are those stories where you don’t know who to trust or believe because they make your head spin. One moment you are convinced they are the despicable ones and a few pages later you are convinced they are in fact the victims of some scheming others.
I can assure you that i tottally had ont one clue who to believe and who to dislike. The thoughts in my mind were moving around like clothes in a washing machine on the spin cycle. I honestly did not know who manipulated who and this is so great. It makes you have to wait until the last pages to uncover the truth.
And then that truth shocks you, because there is still a surprise that has been left until the end to unbox. I love it. 🙂
So yes, once again miss Browne has had met glued to my chair, enchanted by her story.
Great author, wonderful narrator, very enjoyable book. 5 stars
Thank you
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About the author
Bestselling Author, Sheryl Browne, writes taut, twisty psychological thriller. A member of the Crime Writers’ Association and the Romantic Novelists’ Association, Sheryl has several books published and two short stories in Birmingham City University anthologies where she completed her MA in Creative Writing. Sheryl has also obtained a Certificate of Achievement in Forensic Science and – according to readers – she makes an excellent psychopath. Sheryl’s latest psychological thriller THE INVITE comes to you from BOOKOUTURE. Her previous works include the DI Matthew Adams Crime Thriller series, along with contemporary fiction novels, The Rest of My Life and Learning to Love.
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Author Links
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Book Link
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