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As a new mom, the topic of this book really struck a chord with me. The basic premise is that a mother wants to return to her publishing job after having her second child. So, her husband and she hire a nanny to care for her children so she could work from home. What I was not prepared for as a new mom was how protective you become of your baby. My thoughts of someone else watching my son or worse, my son being put into daycare quickly vanished the moment my husband put him into my arms. My son would be raised at home with one of us home to raise him and thankfully, we have been able to maintain opposite work and school schedules to make sure that we are the ones parenting and making sure our son has a secure and loving home to be in where we would know exactly what was going on and who are son was around. It really was the only way I was going back to work. However, for the plot of this novel, Anna Klein was not as lucky as I was and she needed to seek outside help in order to go back to work.

THE LOVING NANNY
Anna and her husband Josh turn to a nanny agency to help them find the perfect fit for their family. Through the agency, they hire Oaklynn Durst who has outstanding references and seems like the perfect fit for their family. She is overly maternal, kind, goes above and beyond for their family and the kids adore her. However, soon after Oaklynn moves in the kids start to endure odd illnesses and unexplained injuries. Anna immediately becomes suspicious of Oaklynn, but her husband, Josh and their friends are quick to remind her that it’s probably all in her head and she’s worrying too much. Everyone will learn too quickly how right a mother’s instinct can be and how she shouldn’t be so easily dismissed, even if you want to push off her concerns over being newly post-partum.

POST-PARTUM PARANOIA
As Anna and Oaklynn’s relationship further deteriorates as one child has her arm broken and the other is rushed to the hospital with high fevers and bloody diapers, Anna is forced to face what she believes: that Oaklynn is hurting her kids. However, with her daughter Grace, still in infancy, there is the pervading theme of post-partum paranoia and anxiety that may also be making her take her suspicions of Oaklynn farther than she should. What makes this novel so good is how Anna’s suspicions become so clouded in her postpartum anxiety and paranoia which makes you question her mental integrity throughout the first half of the novel. All will be revealed, however, and will come to a shocking and twisty ending that will leave you recovering for at least a couple days after you finish, The Woman in Our House.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Andrew Hart is a pen name for New York Times best-selling author, A.J. Hartley. Currently, he is the Robinson Professor of Shakespeare Studies at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte and has penned over twenty novels that span a variety of topics from romance to suspense and young adult.

BOOK INFORMATION
The Woman in Our House by Andrew Hart is scheduled to be released on June 18, 2019, from Lake Union Publishing with ISBN 9781542092777. This review corresponds to an advanced electric galley that was supplied by the publisher in exchange for this review. To be linked to special pre-order pricing, click the link above!

Quick read.  I  had higher expectations and while the plot of the story was good, I was left wanting more from the book.

Set in Charlotte, Anna is a stay at home mom who gave up a career in publishing in New York City for her husband's career.  After her second child, she gets her husband on board with hiring a live-in nanny to allow Anna to get back into publishing.  Oaklynn, a Mormon nanny from Utah, comes in to help, but something seems off to Anna.  Quickly, strange things start to happen to her children and Anna begins to question who she has living in her basement. 

I enjoyed the narration from different character's points of view.  The book did leave me wanting more in terms of character development and it was relatively predictable.

Thanks to Lake Union Publishing, Andrew Hart, & NetGalley for an advance copy in exchange for a honest review!

I never like to tell anything descript about a book, not wanting to take away someone else's first read of it.   
     A pretty good read. Honestly I expected a little more from Andrew Hart given his other novels but overall a pretty good read. There were quite a few twists. Some you seen coming immediately others that caught you by surprise.  I enjoyed the internal conflict of Anna. Got frustrated with her at Josh. Upset/worried with her over Oaklynn. MaryBeth will she brought her own rage out with her actions. 
     Can't wait to read more from Andrew Hart.

I really did enjoy reading this story, of a couple looking for a trusted person, to take care of their precious offspring. The thrilling storyline though, was enough, to keep me right on reading, but I must mention that the concept, reminded me a little of other previous 'nanny type' books, of the same genre, as well as similarities to the movie, 'The Hand That Rocked The Cradle'.
It was good though, I think, because who would have suspected a 'religious' person', of doing what she did. Not me, anyway!
Definitely a must read, if you love a 'turn the page' thriller!

This book started off pretty good but then I dont know half way through it it kinda lost.its way a bit and therefore I lost interest in it and couldn't wait to finish it...

The mark of a good book is one that you read in the quickest possible time, savouring every minute that you spend devouring it.n this book was one such book. Nit is beautifully writte, very good characters and a very interesting and unusual plot. 
I absolutely loved it and will look forward to more books by this intelligent author.
The plot was well thought out and believable..
Great book , loved it. Thank you

I found this book to be extremely well written and taut with tension throughout.  Anna has young children and decides that she wants to go back to work in order to better fulfilled.  They decide to hire a Mormon nanny.  The nanny they hire is not what she seems.  The children start having illness and injury and the Kleins have to figure out what is going on.  The last part of the book seemed a little disjointed from the rest of the story as there had previously really been no mention of the nanny's past.  I really like the writing style and would like to read more from this author.

A little predictable in places - and you sort of expect the same type of story as the Hand that Rocks the Cradle.  There were a lot of sub plots going on, and a bit repetitive in places.  The story jumps around quite a bit so it didn't flow too well, and the ending wasn't really believable.

An ok read. 
I liked the storyline but the book had no suspense in it. It was just so predictable.
It could have been written better and had some suspense and mystery in it

A real page turner, would be good for the beach! Domestic thriller with a fun book within a book piece. Interesting characters with lots of secrets. You'll stay up late reading this one!, looking over your shoulder the whole time!

This book is a slow thriller but it was able to hold my attention well. I enjoyed how the ending played out but found some parts of the story to be a bit predictable and some that were really not too relevant to the storyline/plot. Overall a good read that had me hooked in the final chapters.

The cover of this book is ominous and sets a perfect tone for what is to come in this novel. 

Anna is a second time mom who gave up her career to take care of her children. Feeling that she is being left behind by the book publishing industry that she works for, she convinces her husband to hire a nanny. Having come highly recommended, Anna starts to question if the woman in their house isn't who she appears to be when strange things start to happen to the children. 

The premise of this book is terrifying and I felt like it could have been a real study of post-partum paranoia and its relationship to the caretaker industry, but the novel bites off way more than I expected. I admired its ambition at times, but there are quite a few plot lines set up that don't get fully fleshed out and characters that are given point of view chapters that don't feel necessary. 

Overall, I feel mixed about this novel. There were parts that I really enjoyed, like the building paranoia and how it started to affect her relationship to her husband. But, the tone was completely uneven and even some characters seemed to take tonal shifts that were unexpected made me feel displaced in this world. I wanted to love it, but it was only a like. 

Thank you Netgalley for the chance to read this novel in return for a fair review.

It's twisty, dark, gritty, gripping and exciting, the characters are  complex, sinister, deeply flawed .. Plan on turning the pages late into the night.

The most disturbingly real portrayal of someone pretending to be someone else I have ever read- Oaklynn is not Oaklynn at all, yet Nadine manages to convince everyone, including herself, that she is Oaklynn perfect, if a little old fashioned and reserved, nanny to Anna and Josh's children. However she is also pretty sinister to the reader and Anna certainly quickly develops reservations.
I found myself siding with Anna, know as I did that Oaklynn was already living a lie and felt her every anxious moment as her children fall for Oaklynn, fall ill and Anna falls apart.
A thoroughly chilling portrayal of trusiting a stranger to enter your home, your family and your life only to live with the  consequences.

I love thrillers, and this was a great read. It was a captivating story, holding my attention from the start. It was a bit predictable at times, but that did not take any from the engaging story or the well-developed characters.

I couldn't put this book down! It is one of those books that you can't stop thinking about and just want to get back to it when you rant reading. 
The connections between the characters and the way the story developed is so clever. 
If you like mysteries with family drama, this is the book for you.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

This book is one that will stick with you. It makes you think twice about inviting a stranger into your home and allowing them to care for your children. 

I really enjoyed this story. Anna is a stay at home mum who decides to go back to work. As a literary agent she’s able to work from home, but decides they need to employ a full time live in nanny to help around the house. At first Oaklynn Durst seems like the perfect nanny and an amazing house guest. But soon things start to go wrong and quickly Anna becomes suspicious of her motives. 

This book is a slow slow burn. For a while it seems like not much will happen. But boy when things kick off, it really kicks off! If you’re looking for a twisty shock ending then this book isn’t for you. Instead this book builds and builds to its inevitable conclusion. It’s fantastically well written and I really enjoyed reading this book, getting more and more tense with each turned page!

I received an ARC from Netgalley is exchange for an honest review and all opinions expressed are my own.

This was exciting and suspenseful. I did guess some of the twists, but the author was still able to surprise me! I liked the direction the novel took and it was a good ride!

Thank you to NetGalley for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Love a good thriller? Then read the Woman in our house.  I loved the different characters and their different point of views. 
Great twist and a great ending. Would recommend this book. 
Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read this book.

Rating: 2.75/5.00

Anna, a wife to a successful husband, Josh, had been living perfect life with all the things they could possible have wanted, when suddenly only being a mother and taking care of two beautiful girls, Veronica and Grace, had been too easy. She had once worked as literary agent, and she suddenly missed being around adults, not so much as only tending to the household and her daughters' needs. Having the approval from Josh, Oaklynn Durst, was then hired as nanny from Nurture, a professional company which sent nannies all over the world for their trusted services. She was originally hired to help out with the girls, so that Anna could start working again, this time from home. However, as time goes by, both Anna and Josh had noticed how perfectly helpful Oaklynn has been around the house, cooking for them when they hadn't even asked her to do it, and basically making Anna and Josh's life so much easier. Well, there's no such things as perfect, and things started to get weird when Anna sensed Oaklynn's obsession with the girls, and vice versa.

I feel this book has too many side stories that led to nothing. But i like the characters plotting and how the author makes certain characters to be that prominent and irritable just to annoy the readers, and booy it got me. I like how flawed Anna is, and how vulnerable she is in spite of her efforts to conceal it. The ending was unexpected, but in a weird way, and the story was toooo long for that ending. 

I received this book from NetGalley in exchange of my honest reviews - all opinions are my own.