This was an interesting book, it's told from the perspective of 3 different individuals, two who are married and one who becomes the nanny to the couple. Sloane is a bit of a misfit, she's always wanted people to like her, so to that end she tells lies, sometimes big lies, like when asked about her father as a child she said he was a movie star and was out filming a movie somewhere, of course this made her instantly popular, though then all these kids wanted to come to her place because they assumed she lived in an opulent apartment (she didn't). As she's grown old this lie compulsion has not gone away, though she tries to filter what she lies about, she was quite friendly with a co-worker at a kindergarten school, they used to spend evenings together, but when that person caught Sloane doing something highly inappropriate, their friendship was over and Sloane was fired. Sloane is on her lunch break when she spots this hunk of a guy in a local park, he's with a young girl who gets stung by a bee and starts howling in pain, Sloane goes over to offer assistance in removing the stinger and tells the guy she's a nurse (she's not she works as a nail tech). Eventually this event leads to the wife meeting Sloane (who gave her name as Caitlin) and being offered a full time position as a nanny. They all end up going on vacation to a ritzy island where Violet (the wife) had grew up. Violet had inherited a trust fund from her grandmother who had lived on the island, a trust fund worth mega dollars. The POV changes to Violet, then to her husband Jay, then back to Sloane, the ending was quite good. I would recommend. Thanks to #Netgalley and #Gallery/Scout Press for the ARC.

An amazing domestic thriller! I binged it one night. There are many twists and I honestly didn’t know who to root for. Loved it. Thank you NetGalley.

A well-written and engrossing read, with just enough twists to make it special.

Sloane Caraway is a liar. At thirty-three years old, Sloane is not unattractive, but finds her own life (a nail technician who lives with her ailing mother) boring and not in the least exotic. And so, Sloan listens, snoops, gossips, talks too much, and is not averse to spinning tall tales to make her life appear intriguing.

Burdened with a somewhat mysterious and unfortunate past that the reader catches only vague glimpses of, Sloane’s current life is about to change in a major way when she assists a handsome stranger whose small child is injured in a nearby park. One small lie soon snowballs into a complete alter ego, a glamorous new opportunity, and best of all, more time in the company of the delicious Jay Lockhart (who does, unfortunately, turn out to be married).

As Sloane catapults deeper into her web of lies, her life becomes ever more entangled with Violet (Jay’s glamorous wife), and Harper (their five year old daughter), along with the luscious Jay, as lies abound so freely now, it’s not exactly clear from whom each arises.

A tense and fast-moving plot unfolds, with Sloane soon in the middle of more (much more) than she had bargained for. The lushly layered lives populating Sloane’s world explode with newly-found opulence, friendship, beauty and of course, lust, as the story winds and dips and builds, - ultimately revealing a neat and tidy twister of an ending that ticks off all unanswered questions.

And leaves one, (on behalf of at least one of our main protagonists) to wonder - was boring really so awful, after all?

A great big thank you to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for an ARC of this book. All thoughts presented are my own.

Sloane Caraway is a liar. What starts out with a simple lie about her being a nurse snowballs into a web of secrets and twists. Stava throws in clever twists to keep readers on their toes, just when they think they know where the plot is heading. I was eager to read to the end to see how everything falls into place.

This book would be great for those who enjoy a twisty domestic thriller about seemingly perfect couples.

Thank you Netgalley and Simon & Schuster Canada for the advance copy of this book.

Sloane Caraway is a liar.

Harmless lies, mostly, to make her self-proclaimed sad, little life a bit more interesting.

So when Sloane sees a young girl in tears at a park one afternoon, she can’t help herself—she tells the girl’s (very attractive) dad she’s a nurse and helps him pull a bee stinger from his daughter’s foot.

With this lie and chance encounter, Sloane becomes the nanny for the wealthy and privileged Jay and Violet Lockhart. The perfect New York couple, with a brownstone, a daughter in private school, and summers on Block Island.

But maybe Sloane isn’t the only one lying, and all that’s picture-perfect harbors a much more dangerous truth. Be careful what you lie for.

This book was not at all what I expected from the original synopsis. I had a hard time reading a story about a pathological liar.

2.5 out of 5 ⭐️