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  ‼️ The House Maid Is Watching; My Review! ‼️ (Written by Freida McFadden) Blurb; "You must be our new neighbors!" Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter's hand and smile back: but the second Mrs. Lowell sees my husband a strange expression crosses her face. In that moment I make a promise. We finally have a family home. My past is far, far behind us. And I'll do anything to keep it that way… I used to clean other people's houses―now, I can't believe this home is actually mine. The charming kitchen, the quiet cul-de-sac, the huge yard where my kids can play. My husband and I saved for years to give our children the life they deserve. Even still, I'm wary of our new neighbor Mrs. Lowell. When she invites us over for dinner it's our chance to make friends. Her maid opens the door wearing a white apron, her hair in a tight bun. I know exactly what it's like to be in her shoes. But her cold stare gives me chills… Th...

  ‼️ The House Maid's Secret;  My Review! ‼️ (Written by Freida McFadden) Blurb; As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors. But I can't risk losing this job - not if I want to keep my darkest secret safe . . . It's hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, stay quiet until I get what I want. It's almost perfect. But I still haven't met Mrs Garrick, or seen inside the guest bedroom. I'm sure I hear her crying. I notice spots of blood around the neck of her white nightgowns when I'm doing laundry. And one day I can't help but knock on the door. When it gently swings open, what I see inside changes everything.... That's when ...

  🏠 The House Maid; My Review! 🏠 (Written by Freida McFadden) Blurb; "Welcome to the family," Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I'll soon learn that the Winchesters' secrets are far more dangerous than my own . . . Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor. I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew's handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it's hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina's life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband. ...

  ⚠️‼️ The Perfect Son; My Review! ‼️⚠️ (Written by Freida McFadden) Blurb; "Mrs. Cass, we were hoping your son could answer a few questions about the girl who disappeared last night..." Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until the evening when two detectives show up at her front door. A high school girl has vanished from Erika's quiet suburban neighborhood. The police suspect the worst--murder. And Erika's teenage son, Liam, was the last person to see the girl alive. Erika has always sensed something dark and disturbed in her seemingly perfect older child. She wants to believe he's innocent, but as the evidence mounts, she can't deny the truth--Liam may have done the unthinkable. Now she must ask herself: How far will she go to protect her son? My Review; I very much enjoyed reading this book, following on from another title (The Tenant) which I read & reviewed just previously, written by the same author, Freida McFadden.  I found that th...

  🏠⚠️ The Tenant; My Review! ⚠️🏠 (Written by Freida McFadden) Blurb; There’s no place like home… Blake Porter is riding high, until he's not. Fired abruptly from his job as a VP of marketing and unable to make the mortgage payments on the new brownstone that he shares with his fiancee, he's desperate to make ends meet. Enter Whitney. Beautiful, charming, down-to-earth, and looking for a room to rent. She's exactly what Blake's looking for. Or is she? Because something isn't quite right. The neighbors start treating Blake differently. The smell of decay permeates his home, no matter how hard he scrubs. Strange noises jar him awake in the middle of the night. And soon Blake fears someone knows his darkest secrets... Danger lives right at home, and by the time Blake realizes it, it'll be far too late. The trap is already set. My Review; OMG! - I raced through this book! It was utterly GRIPPING from the very beginning, was an 'easy-read' style, which kept ...

  🏠 The Stranger Inside;  My Review! 🏠 Blurb; You’re behind bars, framed for a crime you didn’t commit. Midwife Ciara Duffy goes to sleep and wakes in the small hours to find her husband beside her – stabbed through the heart. Soon she is arrested and charged with his murder. You get one chance to run. Ciara knows she is innocent. She has no one to rely on. Meanwhile, her young daughter is gravely ill. Ciara has to fight – by any means necessary. Do you take it? The day comes when getting out might be possible. But Ciara’s choices are bleak: hope justice prevails and she gets to her daughter in time. Or become a fugitive on the hunt for a killer. My Review; Overall, I enjoyed reading this book. It drew me in from the very beginning, & kept me reading through to the end. I did find this a bit of a heavier read, as opposed to an 'easy read' style, but the plot had various twists & turns, so the style was written fittingly to incorperate these. This tells the story of m...

  🏠 The Couple Before Us; My Review! 🏠 (Written by Daniel Hurst) Blurb; ‘Something terrible happened to the couple who lived here before…’ My hands shake as I read the warning note I’ve just found hidden in a forgotten corner of my brand new house. My husband told me we’d be the first people to live here. Did he lie? Moving to this gorgeous house was meant to be a new start for our family. My hand rests on my growing baby bump as I walk through our home, the smell of fresh paint in the air, but my heart no longer feels full of hope for the future. My husband Christian wraps his strong arms around me and tells me to forget the note; he wants this to be the perfect home for us. But as I look into his blue-grey eyes, I wonder if there’s something he’s keeping from me or if I’m just being paranoid. Was there a couple who lived here before? And what happened to them? I try to forget my worries like Christian asked, but then I see something in our next-door neighbour’s garden that I ca...

  ⚠️ The App;  My Book Review! ⚠️ (Written by Stuart James) Blurb; The App... Once you're in, they'll never let you leave . Whatever happens, don't download The App. * It will come in the form of a link. Maybe in your DM's on a social media account, the junk folder of your emails or a WhatsApp message from a friend. * You'll be enticed by the chance of winning one hundred thousand pounds on offer every Friday, wired straight into the winner's bank account. * It's not a joke. * This part is genuine. * Someone can and will win the money. * But at what cost? Marty Benson gets the link sent to him by a friend. So what is the harm in looking? He clicks it, downloads the app and enters a few basic details. A message prompts him to wait while he's loaded onto the system. An hour later, another message. • Do not delete the app. • Do not tell anyone outside of your family about the app. • Send the link to one person who is close to you. * Do not throw your phone ...

  ❤️💙 The Switch; My Book Review, 💙❤️ (Written by Lily Samson) Blurb; Whose life do you want? Elena and her partner Adam are house-sitting in Wimbledon and find themselves instantly seduced by their upscale surroundings and their enigmatic new neighbours Sophia and Finn. When Sophia proposes a wicked game to Elena whereby they will swap partners in secret, it's not long before Elena starts to experience a sexual awakening that blossoms into an illicit love affair. But Sophia's plans are far more complex and dangerous than Elena could ever have imagined… How far will she go to fulfil her desires? My Review; This tells the story of how two women come to agree to carrying out a night-time switch over; seeing them climb into bed with each other's oblivious partners, & then initiating, & engaging in sex with them, before then switching back, afterwards, - with their partners left completely in the dark. This 'switch'-over happens 3 times throughout, but it obvi...

  🏠 The Silent Guest; My Book Review! 🏠 (Written by Sally Rigby) Blurb; I've been waiting years for this moment. When Vivienne Campbell needs a housesitter, I make sure I'm the perfect candidate. Warm, friendly, highly recommended. Everything she's looking for. She has no idea who I really am. While she's away for the weekend, I have free rein of her perfect home, her perfect life. The life she doesn't deserve. Not after what she did. When she returns, I watch her confusion grow. Small incidents that make her question her own sanity. I'm there to comfort her, to be the friend she desperately needs. She thinks she's losing her grip on reality. She's starting to believe she might be dangerous to her own family. Maybe she should just... disappear? It's working perfectly. She's unraveling exactly as I planned. But Vivienne doesn't know the real reason I'm here. She doesn't know about the past that connects us. She doesn't know how f...

  ⚠️ Doll House;  My Review! ⚠️ (Doll House, Written By John Hunt) Blurb; "All you girls were less than human. Play things in a twisted doll house." Olivia is taken from the sidewalk near her college and thrown into a van. Her captors, who she soon discovers are vile, sadistic monsters, abuse her immediately, both mentally and physically. Then she is taken into a house, into a locked room, where everything is cotton candy pink. The pink furniture is designed with rounded edges and corners bolted to the floor, and the seams at the bolts melted. This is where the nightmare begins. She is now a part of their collection. While disturbing in nature and horrific at times, John Hunt has created a masterpiece psychological thriller, full of suspense. Olivia makes heroines of similar genre books pale in comparison. She is one of the bravest you'll ever meet and her story will move you. My Review; "Wow!" - Thats's one word I would deffo use to describe this book! = It...