This is such a mysterious, intriguing, unputdownable read. This one totally had me on the edge, from beginning to end!

I really loved Samantha M. Bailey’s previous novel ‘Woman on the Edge’, so I had high expectations for this one and it did not disappoint!

I loved how this story was told from different points in time, alternating from ‘then’ and ‘now’. In my opinion, this transformed the story and made everything come together seamlessly at the end.

The characters in this book all had a suspicious nature. Just when I thought I had them figured out, I was proven wrong and in the end, I was left in complete shock (which I love!)

This book is perfect for anyone who loves a twisty, fast-paced thriller where you truly never know what goes on behind closed doors. This book will leave you guessing until the very end!

This is a story of two different woman and how their needs for love and safety undo them. It was written in alternate perspectives and timelines of then and now. While the characters were sympathetic, some of their feelings and actions were very melodramatic Overall the book could have used some tightening up but make it a stronger story

Watch Out for Her is a suspenseful thriller told in 2 POVs, Sarah and Holly. Sarah is a stay at home mom who has lost herself a bit in motherhood. Sarah and her husband decide to hire a nanny for the summer, to allow Sarah time to rediscover herself and get a break. Her husband finds Holly through connections at his country club. Sarah is hesitant to trust the care of her son, Jacob, in the hands of another person. Her and Holly seem to hit it off and click right away. However between the secrets kept, lies told, and over/under reacting, Sarah starts suspecting Holly isn’t who she seems.

I enjoyed reading this book. It was a fast read and had some suspense/mystery behind it. The twists are fairly easy to predict but I did feel on edge at times wanting to know what happens next. And some of my predictions were wrong. The ending was okay. It felt overexplained and a little too neatly tied in a bow. I haven’t read this author. Some of the writing and dialogue felt juvenile and overexplained. I would’ve loved to know more about Sarah and Holly as characters, so I could’ve connected more. With that said, I’d definitely read her next book.

Thank you NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for the ARC.

***Thanks to NetGalley for providing me a complimentary copy of WATCH OUT FOR HER by Samantha M Bailey in exchange for my honest review.***

Sarah, her husband and son now live across the country, away from their bad memories of what happened with their former nanny Holly. Soon Sarah finds hidden cameras. Is the past catching up with her?

Told from Sarah’s first person Now and Holly’s third person Then points of view WATCH OUT FOR HER is a twisty tale with surprises I didn’t see coming. I liked Samantha M Bailey’s compulsively readable style of writing. The multidimensional characters she created weren’t too perfect or too flawed to be irritating or unsympathetic.

I liked that I could figure out some things and not others, and that the resolution made sense. WATCH OUT FOR HER is a very good book, however I’m not sure it’s a story I’d want to revisit or listen to on Audible, the sign of a story I NEED to devour again so for that reason I rated four stars.

My first book by this author and I really liked it! Fast-paced and it kept me guessing until the end. I couldn't put it down!

Watch Out For Her
By Samantha Bailey
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (April 19.2022)

Quick synopsis: a married couple with a young son finds themselves living in Toronto after leaving Vancouver in a rush. You don’t know why but you suspect everyone. The babysitter who is kicked out of her home, the shady businessmen, the husband and then the possibility that the mother herself is imagining it all….

Loved it. Dare I say even more than her debut?! I found myself flipping each chapter wanting to know more of the backstory and trying to get ahead of myself in the details. How do I sum it up…. Hmmm… a psychological thriller that teeters on compassion and murder.

It comes out in April and I’m positive it’ll be all over. Wow, needed that thriller to get the heart pumping… esp one scene that I swear I’ve imagined many times when alone with the kids 😂

If you are a fan of The Girl on the Train, you will like Samantha M. Bailey’s Watch Out for Her. This is a dual perspective novel so you will get to see the perspectives of both Sarah, the mother, and Holly, the babysitter. Watch Out for Her has all kinds of twists and turns as the reader tries to unravel what is going on in Sarah’s life and what trouble her family is avoiding by moving across the country. I was on edge for most of the story and found a variety of reasons to be suspicious of all of the characters. I found myself playing armchair detective as I deciphered each of the character’s actions and tried to predict what would happen next. I was impressed that I was unable to predict the ending.

What I liked best: I liked how the author was able to cast doubt on all of the characters so that the reader was never quite sure what to expect next. I found that I wanted to keep reading to find out what happened next.

What could be better: I don’t think I fully connected to Holly’s character enough. I would have liked a bit more background information about her, particularly about her upbringing, to help me understand her perspective better.

Overall I enjoyed this read, it was a decent thriller. I also think I would like to go back and read Bailey’s previous novel to see how they compare. Watch Out for Her felt like the kind of book you would want to read on a dark and gloomy night, but with a light on beside the bed. I would give it 4 stars because it was an entertaining and engaging book.

I received an advanced reader’s copy in exchange for an honest review

I loved this one. Very fast paced, had me turning pages as I tore through it – I had to see how it would end. The characters were well rounded and the narrative felt believable. Gave me chills. Solid five!

Overall, this was a enjoyable domestic thriller, but there were a couple of things that didn’t quite hit the mark for me. The pacing of the story was a little slow at times and some of the characters seemed a bit flat. In the end, however, I still enjoyed the story and the twist at the end. (and the cover of the book is great!). Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced reader’s copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Wow! This was a mind twist if I've ever read one! Watch Out for Her is a psychological thriller that as a mother myself had me on edge the entire time. I thoroughly enjoyed this read and flew through it!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

Watch Out for Her is about a mother Sarah who has concerns about her and her family’s safety after an altercation with their nanny, Holly.

I had mixed feelings when reading Watch Out for Her. It took me a few chapters to get into this one. I enjoyed how the story was organized and set up with alternating timelines to reveal what went down between holly and Sarah. The story was Interesting but you did need to suspend your belief of reality at times for this to feel like something that could actually happen. I also kind of felt like some of the characters felt flat to me and their motivations didn’t always seem believable. Overall, it is a fast paced quick read worth checking out! .

When I read a domestic thriller, I always think of a saying my mom used "Love's blind, but the neighbors ain't". Lol! 😲😉😎

"Watch Out for Her" by Samantha M. Bailey, is quite the intriguing roller coaster ride that had me stumped till the end. I was immediately invested in the characters and was rapidly flipping the pages to see what was going to happen next. I did not want to put the book down, but THAT is when you know it's a great read. Was it perfect? Sadly no, I felt let down by the ending, but overall I still enjoyed the book. I am giving it a 4-star rating.

Jacob Goldman is a 6-year-old, fun-loving little boy. His mom Sarah Goldman, hired a babysitter named Holly Monroe. Jacob loves Holly and Sarah now has time to focus on her photography business. Sarah is a bit of a helicopter mom and notices Holly engaged in some very upsetting activity on the nanny camera. Is Holly hiding secrets? Can she be trusted?

"Watch Out for Her" will be published April 19th.

Thank you NetGally and, Simon & Schuster Canada, for the honor of reviewing this very suspenseful e-book. It is a exciting adventure. Samantha M. Bailey you rock!

Excellent fast paced thriller with a heck of a twist. Sarah is an extremely busy mom, her husband works long hours and everything is on her. When her husband suggests a nanny to help her have some time to pursue her photography she agrees. That is when Holly enters their lives. Holly has had a miserable life so far with an extremely controlling father and step mother who push her into the family business at every turn. Things seem to be going great until Holly realizes Sarah’s husband is keeping some dark secrets and tries to help. This book is extremely suspenseful and addictive.

This book was addicting and impossible to put down from the very first chapter. I was able to connect with the characters in this book very easily. Sarah is married to Daniel, and they have a boy, named Jacob. They are seeking a babysitter to give Sarah a break, and Holly is just the right person for the job. Holly, in her early 20's, is the daughter of a pharmaceutical mogul. Holly was an easy character to judge, and we get to know her very well. Once you do, the reader realizes she is actually a very lonely person, seeking nothing but love from a family, as she has not found that with her money hungry father and stepmother. Holly has a stepsister, Alexis, who is kind of the "bad apple" of the family, but seems to love and is emotionally there to take care of Holly whenever need arises. Many twists happen in this story, and just when you are led to believe one person is the "bad guy", the final twists start happening, and you realize you have been wrong all along. I just loved the writing style, the flow of the chapters and alternating timeline, and enjoyed the nice sculpted ending. I highly recommend this to any reader that enjoys domestic thrillers. 4.5 stars.

📖: Watch Out For Her
✍🏼: Samantha M. Bailey
💁🏻‍♀️: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ // 5
🗓: April 19, 2022

🤔💭: First off, thank you to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster Canada for providing me an eARC of this book and I am voluntarily leaving my review! This is a new to me author and I really enjoyed this new psychological thriller set to release in April. Sarah Goldman, her husband Daniel, and their 6 year old Jacob move across country to escape their lives, in particular the young Holly Monroe whom they hired to babysit their child last summer. It started out as a perfect arrangement where Holly was great with Jacob and he loved her, and Holly and Sarah really bonded with one another. Sarah’s had a hard time trusting people which is why she’s keeping a close eye on Holly, but maybe too close. One day Sarah saw something she couldn’t unsee causing her to really question who really this person is that she’s allowed into her home and family. Sarah thinks their starting over in this new city leaving the past behind, but when she finds hidden cameras in her home she wonders if the past is catching up to her and if someone is watching them. This story flips between the perspectives of Holly and Sarah and was very intriguing as it goes back and forth between past and present to really tie the story together.

Recommend: ✅ Definitely would recommend checking this one out!

Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

PUBLICATION DAY: April 19, 2022

SUMMARY:
This is the story of Sarah and Holly - two women drawn to each other for different reasons. Sarah is a new mother and is overwhelmed by the demands of her young son and her blossoming photography career. Holly, recently on the outs with her family, is on the hunt for security. When Sarah and Holly are introduced, it seems they are the answer to one another’s prayers. But is this the case? Why the sudden move to Toronto? And why is there so much fear and paranoia?

PROS and CONS:
Told through alternating perspectives in Sarah and Holly’s voices, we slowly get the information on why Sarah and her family are suddenly living in Toronto, having moved unexpectedly from Vancouver. And Holly is nowhere on the scene, in fact, Sarah now seems to be afraid of her (overall Sarah was a bit difficult to relate to with her questionable actions and tendency to overreact) - but I was intrigued to reach the ending that’s for sure.

READ IT?
It’s another solid effort from Bailey - maybe a borrow not buy situation, but still quite good!

4 Stars

In Watch Out for Her, author Samantha M. Bailey keeps the reader's interest by going back and forth between Holly Before and Sarah Now. Sarah and her family have moved to get away from Holly and whatever plans she had in mind for their family. But has she followed them? I want to thank NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for an early copy to review.

Thank you so much to Simon and Schuster and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Watch Out for Her started off strong for me, but then went downhill. Unfortunately, I wasn’t invested in the characters and the pacing was a little slow for my liking. I also guessed the twist about half way in.

I do think readers who enjoy a domestic suspense novel will find this to be an enjoyable quick and easy read. I tend to be very picky when it comes to thrillers so please take my review with a grain of salt.

A compulsive and riveting exploration of trust, obsession and voyeurism, Samantha Bailey knocks it out of the park with this intricately plotted domestic thriller. With dark secrets and surprising twists, this one’s sure to be a new favorite!

The story alternates between Sarah, mother to 6yo Jacob, and Holly, the 22yo babysitter she and her husband, Daniel hired. All Holly wants is a family who loves her. She thinks she’s found that in her summer working for Sarah and Daniel. But Sarah is neurotic, a classic helicopter mom who is slow to trust. When she witnesses something horrible, she kicks Holly out and moves her family across the country. But soon Sarah begins to feel like someone is watching her.

A creepy, up-all-night thriller you won’t soon forget!

One of my most anticipated reads of the year did not disappoint! After loving Samantha Bailey's first book, The Woman on the Edge, I was really excited to read this one and it was exactly what I wanted in a domestic thriller.

Secrets, lies, shady characters who all seem to have something to hide and it's told with dual perspectives! Check, check, check, check!

Each chapter alternates point of view between Sarah, a Mom to 6 year old Jacob and Holly, the babysitter that her and her husband hired. Sarah had never been the type to trust easily and so she kept a close eye on Holly and eventually, what she saw raised some serious questions.

This was a fast paced and tense psychological thriller and I loved everything about it! Highly recommend!