Sophy is a fairly new mom with a 9-month-old son. Her husband is worried about her because she seems unable to handle the pressure of being a new mom. She's tired all the time and feels unable to cope. Her mother-in-law spends a lot of time at Sophy's house in order to help where needed.

Liv Granger offers Sophy her services as a nanny. Sophy immediately takes her up on her offer...now she can stop failing at being a good mother.

But Live has a secret ... and an agenda. Sophy’s perfect house, perfect husband and perfect baby are too much for Liv to bear… and she’s going to make her pay.

And then every mother's nightmare .... someone takes the baby while Sophy is sleeping.

This is a heart-stopping emotional read. The guilt that Sophy feels is palpable. Well-written with twists and turns and secrets and lies revealed lead to an unexpected conclusion.

Many thanks to the authors / HQ Digital - HQstories / Netgalley for the digital copy of this psychological thriller. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

I was not sure how this book was going to work with two authors but they have certainly pulled it out of the bag. It is gripping and full of twists and turns that makes for a brilliant read. Sophy is a first time mum who is struggling with her nine month old. Sophy meets Liv at a mother and baby group where Liv is a nanny to a little girl. Liv is having problems with the little girl's dad so decides to help Sophy. But does Liv have more than just helping out Sophy up her sleeve? She knows Sophy from when they were young and when something terrible happened, but was it Sophy's fault and can Liv get her revenge? I liked how the story was written, you are lead to believe it could be one person but is it really? I feel as though people can relate to the issues that are raised in this book too. It makes for a decent read. I can't wait to see what these authors come up with next.

**3.5 STARS** The first half of this book was slow and honestly slightly irritating. I could not stand the characters at all! The story finally picked up about 75% in and truths came out and I was finally intrigued.

There is Liv who starts off being such a nasty thing who spoke ugly to everyone she interacted with it seemed like. She was struggling with rage because her brother had died 16 years before and she was out for revenge on who was to blame which was Sophy. Sophy is a new mom who was portrayed as sooo pathetic and falling apart and I didn’t understand the narrative in the beginning other than I wanted to yell at her to get it together! Finally things start making sense and the surprises in the end were good but it just felt like a bit of a drag to get there. There was redemption and happy feels in the end so once you get through the rough start it makes it worth it.

The Perfect Nanny is a domestic-based psychological thriller based around motherhood, revenge and the facades we use to hide our not-so-perfect lives, set in and around Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The prologue opens with Olivia ”Liv” Granger still mourning the loss of her brother, Ben. She is heartbroken at his death and the fact that he will never fulfil his dreams, get married, have children and he will never get to see the world. Despite sixteen years having passed since his death, Liv is still wracked with guilt that she wasn't there to save him that day. So as the next best thing in order to try to quell or at least alleviate some of her pain, she decides the most effective way to do that is to seek vengeance on the person she deems responsible for her beloved brother’s tragic suicide when he slit his wrists in his bedroom leaving a note that read: ‘Life’s not worth living if I can’t share it with the one I love.’ Liv works as a nanny in Stevenage although, granted, this hasn't been for very long. Most recently she has been employed to care for little 18-month-old Evie, to help out her parents Clare and Gary who live on Lavender Drive in an affluent neighbourhood. However, she is looking desperately for another gig as Gary is a ”total creep”, having ”accidentally” brushed against her several times. Meanwhile, Sophy Pemberton looks, from the outside, to have it all. A gorgeous husband, Dom, a house in the suburbs and a healthy ninth-month-old baby, Finn. But she is really struggling with life at the moment and most likely has postnatal depression. She has great difficulty caring for and calming him and with the little sleep and time to herself she currently receives, is going from bad to worse. She feels alone.

Sophy attends an elite playgroup located on The Avenue called ”Mums Meet Up” and there she meets Liv who is with Evie. Liv craftily confides in Sophy about her unhappiness in her current position and they become friends. Liv seeking alternative employment coincides with Sophy's need for relief and she decides to hire her to help care for Finn and allow her some much-needed me-time as she feels she is losing her marbles. Granted, her mother-in-law, Elizabeth, has been lending a hand but she is very overbearing. This is just what Sophy needs, or so she believes. But ironically, yet not unpredictably, her family situation worsens when Liv is introduced into it, culminating in Finn going missing, which leaves Sophy frantic. Can she locate him and bring him home safely, and has Liv’s desire for revenge stayed strong despite getting to know Sophy intimately? This is a compelling and well-woven domestic thriller with heaps of suspense, some unpredictable twists and neverending drama from start to finish. Liv and Sophy are two women who are lost in very different ways; Liv in terms of an insatiable appetite for vengeance and Sophy for her life having become a living nightmare after her first born. While you feel sympathetic towards both of them neither of them are particularly likeable and despite some of their actions being pretty believable, some really made you quite annoyed at their idiocy, but it certainly made for great reading. Their intense struggles are captured in such an engaging fashion and the tension builds superbly by using alternating chapters from Liv and Sophy’s perspectives. A quick, easy and enjoyable read I recommend to those into pacey and gripping family dramas.

I love books like The Perfect Nanny with so many twisty WTF moments! I love veering one way thinking I know what’s next only to then be yanked another way! I loved the alternating chapters written in first person perspective. I loved thinking I knew the final twists only to be shocked over and over! My feelings toward all of the characters kept changing from page to page! Disgust, pity, love, fear, and all over the place! These ladies are amazing authors and I’m totally addicted to their writing! I can’t wait to read more! This book gets 5 huge stars from me!!!

Huge thanks to HQ and NetGalley for allowing me to read this book in advance in exchange for my honest review!

With twists and turns a plenty, this book will keep you guessing into the night as you won’t want to put it down!

Liv needs to find a new nanny position and soon finds another mum, Sophy, who is struggling to care for her son. But are things as they seem? Why is Sophy struggling so much and why is Liv so keen to help?

This book is well written, told from the points of view of the different characters. The characters are well developed and you soon get hooked in, trying to decide quite what is going on!
I don’t want to give anything away but will say you may have an idea of what is happening but you certainly won’t see some twists coming!

Thank you to Netgallery, the publishers and most importantly the author, for the chance to read this book, in exchange for an honest review.

I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. I love a good thriller/mystery and this one seemed very promising.

Liv lost her brother to suicide when she was a teenager. She desperately wants someone to blame for his death.. His best friend Ryan tells her of a girl he was in love with and broke his heart. Years later Liv finds Sophy...the one she is convinced sent her brother into depression and pushed him to suicide. Sophy is married with a new baby. This makes Liv even more furious. Sophy shouldn't be happy when her brother never had the chance for happiness. She worms her way into Sophy's life prepping for revenge.

I thought this book would be super predictable. However, the author was able to throw in some twists and turns I didn't see coming! This was a wild ride and I would happily recommend this book to others!

3.5 The Perfect Nanny is a fairly entertaining page turner. Liv is bitter and wants revenge for her brother's death many years prior. She blames Sophy, his girlfriend from university. Meanwhile, Sophy is a new mom and not handling motherhood, or anything, well. Liv is able to manipulate her way into Sophy's home to become her nanny. All in all, a good domestic suspense drama that will keep you wanting more - however I found they give you too much more. There is so much going on, things coming at you from everywhere. And even with all the red herrings, it is pretty obvious what is going on. I did enjoy but would have loved it more if it had been a little tidier and not so obvious.
Thank you to NetGalley and HQ Digital for the advance copy in exchange for my honest opinion. The Perfect Nanny is available on 3/31/21.

what a great book, easy reading, couldnt put it down, real twist in the end, cant keep a bad mother in law down!

Oh wow! I couldn’t put this book down! This book is about a nanny, Liv, who is trying to seek revenge for her brother’s death. She blames her brother's ex girlfriend for his death and will stop at nothing to ensure she enacts that revenge. What unfolds is not what I would have expected! I stayed up way past my bedtime just to see how this book ended. It was fast paced and intriguing to see how things unfolded. Highly recommend this book if you want to get sucked in! Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for an advanced review copy in exchange for my honest review.

Just finished reading this...
What a great fast paced read. I liked the characters and even liked to hate some of them... If you read it, you will understand!
Brilliant writing and really enjoyed. The reason I give it 4 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ and not 5 is because I figured out one big part straight away. This didn't distract from the story though as I wasn't sure until the end!
Recommended read. Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers and the authors for the privilege to read this book for my honest opinion

The Perfect Nanny by Karen Clarke and Amanda Brittany had me flipping pages all night and despite my sleepy eyes in the morning I was not mad about it. The story focuses on a woman named Liv’s obsession with getting revenge for her brother’s death. Liv holds her brother’s ex-girlfriend, Sophy, responsible for her brother’s suicide. Her haphazard plans include nannying for the ex-girlfriend’s newborn son, but the plot quickly shifts leading the reader to wonder if there is more than one character seeking revenge against Sophy.

This is easily an airplane read or a book to read by the pool, because of its quick pacing and easy narrative. I loved the way the authors threw suspicion towards many of the outlying characters to build suspense. In the end, all the loose ends were wrapped up neatly and I will happily look for more reads from Clarke and Brittany. Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for an advanced review copy in exchange for my honest review.

Sophy and Liv alternately tell this tale of motherhood and revenge that's a wild page turner. Sophy has been struggling since the birth of baby Finn 9 months ago so she's thrilled that Liv will be their nanny. What she doesn't know is that Liv has been looking fro Sophy for the last 16 years because she blames her for the suicide death of her brother Ben. Sophy doesn't realize that there's something bad afoot for far too long, in part because she's also dealing with a pretty rotten mother in law. No spoilers from me but know that you will occasionally think- oh no she didn't. Thanks to netgalley for the ARC. It's fast plot driven entertainment with interesting characters- a very good read.

I really wish the author had trusted the reader more with this novel - the book is fairly well-written but the clues as to the villain's identity are so heavy handed right from the start that I found it difficult to enjoy. I liked the central premise but I feel like the book lacked nuance and subtlety. I would have much preferred being left to work things out along the way - as it was I felt like I was being forcibly directed, which took the pleasure out of the read for me.

I'm sure a lot of people will enjoy this, and the review isn't meant to be harsh, but as someone who reads a lot of thrillers and likes trying to put the puzzle pieces together myself, this one was just way too obvious for me.

Thank you to NetGalley, and to the publisher, who provided me with a free ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

It should be a time of happiness but for new mum Sophy Pemberton, her nine-month-old baby boy is not a good sleeper, leading her to feel wiped out all day long. So when she meets Liv at a mother and baby group – Liv is a nanny to one of Sophy’s neighbour’s children – and her new friend offers her services to help, it seems to come at the right time. Liv’s presence means Sophy can rest and finally begin to come back to herself. It should be the ideal scenario but Liv’s got a secret, a reason why she wants to fit into Sophy’s life and it’s something that makes Liv want to stop at nothing to ensure she gets the revenge she so desperately seeks. This novel has the reader on edge throughout – you’re never quite sure how far the plot is going to go and that makes for a more exciting, fraught read.

I was kindly #gifted this advanced ebook from @hqstories and @netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I devoured this book in 24hours. It was fast paced and always something happening. I wasn’t sure I really liked Sophy or Liv that much but the further I got into the book and read into their back stories my views changed. I also really liked the alternating chapters. Whilst there was a lot of predictability about elements of this book the ending itself took me by surprise. It held my attention and I was itching to pick it up so for me this is the sign of a great book. I would definitely recommend this book to you all. I will be looking out for more from both of these authors.

The Perfect Nanny is about two women Sophy the mum and Liv the nanny what a fabulous book a real page turner so many characters in the mix we have the mother in law who wants to take over, as Sophy is always tired and not coping very well then Liv comes along which puts a spanner in the works and the very nosy neighbours makes the book very addictive I definitely recommend it and thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an early copy.

This is one of the best books I have read recently ! It was full of twists and red herrings. I couldn’t put it down. The characters are so believable that I was totally mesmerised. I just wanted to shout out “look at what you are missing!!!!”

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and it's a real page turner (or swiper of you're a kindle reader). Sophy and Liv are two very different women, connected by Liv's brother, Ben. Hell bent on seeking revenge for Ben's death, Liv decides to take everything away from Sophy, who is very vulnerable after giving birth to her baby boy, and feels as if she is going mad. The characters all come into the frame at some point, and I was convinced on more than one occasion that each of them were responsible for Sophy's decline. I recommend this book.

I received a copy of this e-arc thanks to NetGalley and HQ Stories.

I flew through this book! It follows the two main characters, showing their perspective of the same story. That makes you automatically think one of them is the suspect and the other is the victim which isn’t always the case.

It didn’t seem like there was going to be much to the story until it delved further into Sophy’s story. That’s when the plot came alive with all the little twists and turns.

I had an inkling on who to suspect but dismissed it because surely it can’t be that easy to guess. After that, I just couldn’t figure out what was going on and who it was going to be. When it was revealed, I was as simple as i’d thought at the start! I couldn’t believe i’d doubted myself.

I really enjoyed this book, loved the plot, though the reveal was obvious and rather basic. Maybe that’s just me because i’ve read a lot of mystery/thriller books like this.