Title: Watch Out for Her by Samantha M. Bailey
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Genre: Contemporary, Psychological Thriller
Length: 330 pages
Book Rating: B+
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Summary:
A tense psychological thriller about a mother who must keep watch at all times if she wants to keep her family safe—from USA TODAY and #1 national bestselling author Samantha M. Bailey.
Wherever you go…
she’ll be watching.
Sarah Goldman, mother to six-year-old Jacob, is relieved to move across the country. She has a lot she wants to leave behind, especially Holly Monroe, the pretty twenty-two-year-old babysitter she and her husband, Daniel, hired to take care of their young son last summer. It started out as a perfect arrangement—Sarah had a childminder her son adored, and Holly found the mother figure she’d always wanted. But Sarah’s never been one to trust very easily, so she kept a close eye on Holly, maybe too close at times. What she saw raised some questions, not only about who Holly really was but what she was hiding. The more Sarah watched, the more she learned—until one day, she saw something she couldn’t unsee, something so shocking that all she could do was flee.
Sarah has put it all behind her and is starting over in a different city with her husband and son. They’ve settled into a friendly suburb where the neighbors, a tight clique of good citizens, are always on the lookout for danger. But when Sarah finds hidden cameras in her new home, she has to wonder: has her past caught up to her, and worse yet, who’s watching her now?
A spine-tingling, page-turning novel from USA TODAY and #1 national bestselling author Samantha M. Bailey, Watch Out for Her is psychological suspense at its very best—a chilling look at trust, voyeurism, and obsession in the modern age, and how far we will go to watch out for those we love. (
Review:
Watch Out for Her by Samantha M. Bailey is a taut psychological thriller.
Sarah Goldman, husband Daniel and six-year-old son Jacob are starting over in Vancouver after a tense situation with their former nanny, twenty-two-year-old Holly Monroe. Sarah is a photographer who decides to be a stay-at-home mom after giving birth to Jacob. Daniel works long hours and spends a lot of time with his golfing buddies from the exclusive country club. Sarah is somewhat high-strung and a worrier but she is ready to have a little time to herself. Daniel suggests hiring Holly to watch Jacob so Sarah can resume taking phots and run errands. Everything is working out well until Holly temporarily moves in with the family and everyone’s secrets are in danger of being revealed.
Sarah is in her early forties but she and Holly quickly become friends. She trusts their new babysitter and she works hard to not hover. But once Sarah becomes suspicious of her new nanny and when she makes a shocking discovery, she cannot get away from her fast enough. Now in a new city, Sarah is trying hard to put the past behind her, but strange occurrences make her fearful that Holly is somehow involved.
Holly is having a difficult time living up to her father’s expectations. Her relationship with her stepmother is strained but she is very close to her stepsister, Alexis. Holly goes to extreme lengths to help her father’s business but after a huge fight, she is forced to leave home. Luckily, Sarah lets her stay with them but once Holly finds out stunning information about Daniel, it is only a matter of time before everything falls apart.
Watch Out for is a suspenseful psychological thriller that is fast-paced. The storyline is quite riveting as the present unfold from Sarah’s perspective while Holly narrates past events. Sarah has a few secrets of her own that she would rather her husband not know about. Holly is great with Jacob and she makes an instant connection with Sarah. But she turns out to be a little difficult to deal with once she moves in with them. Despite their new beginning, Sarah and Daniel’ past continues to haunts them. With cunning twists and turns, Samantha M. Bailey brings this engrossing thriller to a dramatic conclusion.
