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 ⭐️