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Anna is in desperate need of returning to work. After staying home to raise her two kiddos, she broaches the subject of returning to the workplace and hiring a nanny to her husband. Using a company that has strict requirements for the people they contract with, Anna and Josh are thrilled to stumble upon the PERFECT fit- Oaklynn- who comes with a great personality and impeccable references. After Oaklynn arrives, things don't seem so perfect anymore.

I was intrigued from the get-go & I found the writing to have great pacing and fluidity. This was an absolute roller-coaster of emotions and I had no idea where we were headed. Different side-plots ventured every which way and then seamlessly joined to create a grand slam of an ending. I think that it's a very relatable and terrifying read especially for mothers who are entrusting their children with a babysitter or nanny.

Absolutely would recommend to friends and family- although with reservation depending on their situation.

This was a brilliant read. As soon as I started reading this book I just knew I was going to love it. Highly recommended

It shouldn’t be hard when you decide to hire a nanny and go back to work right? In this story Anna is looking for a live in nanny. Easy right? Well you have to read this book to know more about this juicy plot. The only thing that I didn’t quite like was the subplots but I feel as though the Author did a good job in building up suspense and making me want to continue on. I felt as though the characters were developed well and I liked how the author linked the characters all together. That was nicely done. If you enjoy suspenseful reads I recommend this book. Thank you to Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for my complete and total honest opinion. I will read more from this Author.

My first Andrew Hart & it won’t be my last. I will never have a visitor and be the same again. Lol! Such a thrilling read! Great for the beach!
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I really liked this author and this book did not disappoint, it was an appropriately paced, page turner that will have me hooked throughout the story.

Omg talk about a roller coaster read wow this book kept me on the edge of my seat threw out I just couldn't put it down this writer keeps you hooked and once your hooked your not letting go I found this book thrilling the characters were fantastic and well thought out and the little clues all the way threw keep you guessing until the end this book stays with you long after you close the book this book is well worth the read I promise you wont be disappointed

Anna is a married mother of two eager to return to the workplace when she decides the perfect solution is a live in nanny. Once Oaklynn moves in, the family thinks all of their dreams come true. That is, until strange things begin happening.

The kids start to come down with illnesses and get hurt. Anna starts to feel that her daughter prefers the nanny - which puts her even more on edge.

Soon it's discovered that Oaklynn’s has a past, and she isn't as perfect as everyone thought.

This was quite the twisty thriller. At times, I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. I also appreciated the fact that this wasn't the typical twist that I was expecting.

What a suspenseful story. The Woman in Our House is captivating and grabs your attention from the very beginning not letting go until the very end. Highly recommend this book.

This book is a creepy piece of fiction that will make you not want to put it down. I love how descriptive the writing is and how the author does such a good job with the thriller elements of the story, making it a solid piece of writing. It was stirring and creepy and I'm glad I read it!

The story was beautifully twisty - some of the twists were obvious to me, so I was completely caught off guard when much bigger twists happened. I totally was not expecting those and hence was thrown off when certain things were revealed. I thought I knew and could predict with a fair amount of certainty what was to transpire next, but the author made sure that was not the case, and that's what makes this book worth a read. I'd recommend it for sure.

Thank you to Lake Union Publishing and NetGalley for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book is great! Would definitely recommend. Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

A gripping novel, with a rising sense of dread in the plot. A nice twist at the end. I plan to read more books by this author in the future.

be very careful who you open your door too. Edge of your seat thrill a minute writing that I couldn't put down! Twists and turns like a pretzel! I really had fun with this book!

I picked this book up hoping for a more suspenseful start and was quickly thwarted. I completely wasn’t expecting for the beginning to start as it did. I struggled a bit with the nanny aspect of it all.

I was more scared because I feel like this is something that could easily be done. Never truly knowing who you are letting into your home with your family. Needless to say I wasn’t able to completely finish the book because it took a completely different direction than I could handle.

Thank you to the publisher, author, and Netgalley for the gifted review copy. All opinions are my own.

Thank you Netgalley for an ARC for this book in exchange for an honest review. This book is the definition of a gripping pyschological thriller!! It is brilliantly written and will keep you wanting more and more.

I wish I'd started this book sooner...it had the perfect twists that caught me off guard. With my own daughter being an Au Pair, I've been hesitant to read this but now that I have - I wish I'd read it sooner! Blew me away!

This was a good read with just enough twist to keep you guessing even if you thought you knew what the end was going to be

The Woman in Our House begins with the juncture when our stay-at-home-mom and protagonist Anna Klein cognizes her desire to go back to work. Readers delve into the feelings of apprehension that comes with leaving your child to a complete stranger, whom you’re supposed to trust with your child’s wellbeing. Readers also get immersed in mom-guilt that comes with the territory of a working mother. I know for a fact that this speaks to a large proportion of readers and reviewers out there. Andrew Hart touches a really sore spot of mine.

Andrew Hart has done his homework about the workings of a mother’s mind. I can’t get over the similarity between mine and Anna’s thoughts, at least at the beginning of the book. The author must have visited a lot of forums where moms ask each other about every possible thing to worry about from the moment the stick shows those two lines. I don’t know how else he could’ve polished Anna into such a well-developed character.

Anna is a literary agent trying to get the rusty gears of her career going again after being out of the loop for three years. Upon hiring a nanny, she started working from home and received a promising manuscript from an author. Readers get to read this manuscript as Anna does, and you can’t help but notice that Anna’s life events are somewhat parallel to the manuscript as it is unfurling. I think this a brilliant technique employed by the author and, in my opinion, executed beautifully.

The hook that the author uses is that early on, it was revealed to readers that the nanny, Oaklynn, is actually an impostor named Nadine, the real Oaklynn’s housekeeper who she thinks of as her friend rather than an employee. I commend this move. Divulging this information right from the start rather than later creates a sense of mistrust in readers despite how amazing a nanny ‘Oaklynn’ is. This way, readers know they’ve got a thriller in their hands.

I absolutely adore Anna x Josh relationship. It was one of those where you can see they’re nothing alike yet perfect for each other, even when they’re bickering. Andrew Hart’s just giving the characters more to lose (and us, more enjoyment out of the book 😉).

I loved (and still loving even now that the book’s finished) the eclipse metaphor at the start, middle, and end of this book. The metaphor keeps on giving. In my opinion, it was clever and artful.

This truly is a fantastic read but – yes, unfortunately, there’s a big ‘but’ – this book is like a marathoner who sprinted too fast early in his run, only to burn out. I’m not talking about pace. As a matter of fact, things escalated near the end, with nothing substantial really happening in the beginning. My marathoner metaphor is about the thrill factor. It was positively riveting at the beginning but not so much in the end. I think it has to do with the effects that the plot twists have on me, personally. So many reviews out there talk about unexpected twists but for me, it played out exactly as I had expected given the advantage of reading many character’s POVs.

Nevertheless, The Woman in Our House is an outstanding title due to Andrew Hart’s writing with his speciality of luminous vocabulary, that is so eloquent in describing thoughts and feelings.

I really enjoyed this book. It was obvious from early on that Oaklynn was not all she seemed but uncovering the why was intriguing. It builds to a dramatic climax towards the end, full of tension and suspense. I'll definitely look out for more from the author in the future.