The Nanny

I just finished reading The Nanny by Ruth Heald for a book tour with Bookouture and here is what I thought about it.

20 years is a long time for the past to come back and haunt you but this is what happened to Hayley.. During her time abroad, the baby she was looking after goes missing. The guilt ripped her apart every day but she did her best to live through it.

A woman ends up on her doorstep to rent the room she has. She looks familiar but she thinks she is imagining it. Then a man wants to do a story on the kidnapping and he is asking questions she doesn't want to answer.

Can she keep from having her past collide with her present? Can Hayley stop a secret so devastating from ending her marriage? Can she keep her daughter safe from the dangers the truth might bring?

This book.... THIS BOOK! I wasn't sure I had figured it out the whole time. It kept me guessing right to the very end. I love books like this. The kind of read that keeps twisting you around until you aren't sure what way up or down is. Even the end was a twist to end all twists!
Hayley and Lars have a daughter together and a life, with some financial issues but nothing a lodger won't help with. Trouble is, she has a face that reminds her of the past and I loved watching how all that unraveled. It was so great seeing all the strands coming together to blow your mind.
The story strandles to time lines. The present and 20 years previously and I usually don't like books that jump around the way this one did but it actually made a lot of sense to write it the way the author did. It helped bring the whole thing to the kind of climax any thriller reader loves to have.
The pace was well done and I never felt that the story waned at all. I felt terribly sorry for Hayley all the way through. You really feel for what she lived through. I found the character development was well done for the limited amount of time spent on anyone else. It all came together really well and the ending just explodes out and you won't be able to help saying WHAT!!!!
Are you a thriller lover? Do you like feeling like a pretzel? THIS HAS TO BE YOUR NEXT READ!
5 stars. Take all the stars! Brilliantly captivating masterpiece.
Thank you to bookouture and #netgalley for the privilege of reading this book!