I really enjoyed this book. I've never read anything by Caroline Corcoran but I think I'm going to seek out more of her novels. Scarlett is a new mom. She ends her maternity leave and goes back to a job she loves. On her first day back, an email from an anonymous person sends her life into a whirlwind. Her past has come back to haunt her. Things she thought were buried deep. Her life starts to fall apart piece by piece while she tries to figure out who is doing this to her. While reading, your mind will think it is one person and then another until you get your answer. Great beach read, great book to read on a train or a plane. Wherever you read it, you will enjoy this suspenseful thriller.

This book taps into the fear that many people probably feel in these days of social media shaming: something from the past being made public that you never wanted anyone to find out about. In Scarlett's case it is a threesome caught on camera that comes back to haunt her. As her life begins to fall apart, she tries to work out who would have sent it to everyone she knows.

I found this book an interesting and fun read. It has a lot to say about the way women are treated for their sexual past, how we try to present a particular version of ourselves online and to the world, and the strange kinds of friendships that spring up between women who are thrown together simply by having babies around the same time. Scarlett isn't fully likeable but she is fully understandable, and I appreciated being given such a complex and thorny protagonist. (Her husband Ed, on the other hand, is a terrible and thoroughly unsupportive person.)

I guessed a couple of the main twists, and the eventual revelations were all a bit melodramatic and unrealistic. I also found the book rather overwritten, veering towards purple prose at times. There's a fine line. But none of those points prevented it from being a fun and interesting read.

Really enjoyed!! No waffling or hanging onto tedious details, and what I especially loved was that it got going straight away, a lot of the time a book drags for me at first but this one actually had me gripped from page 1 right up until the very last!
I wasn't particularly struck on Scarlett but that didn't even matter, and was all part of the reasons why this was happening to her, so the author gave a great account here of her character and you kinda understood why someone might hate her and do the things they did (if you were that way inclined to act upon it the way it happened!) Thankfully my Mummy friends (or me BTW 😂) aren't anything like this bunch!
So for that reason it was great to lose myself in this and think Thank god I don't have pals like this 😅😅
Am now most definitely looking out for more books by Caroline. Great Read! Thank you #netgalley

Great book! When I first read the synopsis I didn't think I would enjoy reading it.....how wrong I was! Scarlett a new mum meets new friends when she has her baby. Do they really know each other? Is everyone's life true or is it just a show? The whole book flows really well and I really like the characters. I guessed parts of it but not others. A really good read

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon Books UK for the Arc of this book❤️ Also thanks to the author Caroline Corcoran❤️

Scarlett's life is broken when somebody sends a video of her from her past to everybody she knows... But only people who didn't receive the video was her baby group friends😱 but are her friends as innocent as they seem...?

She has become sort sort of celebrity due to her blog on Instagram about being a mum..and blogs and on her social media accounts but her co workers and family are the one to receive it... But who did it?

Such a compelling and gripping thriller, which kept you wanting more and such a page turner such a great book!

5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Definitely a recommended read!❤️

Will review on Amazon and other websites once published❤️

Thanks again to Caroline Corcoran, NetGalley and Avon Books UK for this arc!!❤️

"I was so fixated on what everybody thought my life looked like that I stopped caring about what I thought it looked like. What it felt like."

Scarlett is a new mother who thrives in the age of social media. Running a successful parenting blog and working for a digital creative company, she is dependent on her online persona. Until, that is, an old sex tape is uploaded onto the infinite cyberspace and is sent to all of her family and friends, destroying her carefully constructed life.

The only people who do not receive or view the sex tape, interestingly enough, are her three new mom-friends whom she has bonded with over the woes of first-time parenting. The story is essentially a mystery as we, the readers, do not know who has a vendetta against Scarlett. We learn about her past that gives little hint about its relation to her present situation.

I must say, this book surprised me. I did figure out one "twist" in particular, but otherwise was guessing throughout each chapter as to who was Scarlett's enemy. I thought Corcoran did a terrific and believable job at fleshing out Scarlett's downward spiral, covering every base of an obliterated life following such a devastating blow to one's privacy.

A few things I have to note. Scarlett rambles quite often, so be prepared for numerous run-on sentences; I had to re-read paragraphs multiple times to understand what Scarlett was trying to say. I also didn't note the chemistry between Scarlett and the people in her life, both her husband and mom-friend-group included. Her husband was just flat out awful; I wasn't able to picture the ideal perfect man she had supposedly married years before.

In all, I did think this was an interesting read that certainly had me questioning the going-ons. Scarlett is easy to emphasize with; I truly felt a kinship with her because I think everyone has parts of their past they wish to remain buried, especially when trying to construct a new life. This definitely won't be the last I read of Caroline Corcoran's work.

I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review. Thank you to Netgalley and Avon Books UK for allowing me the opportunity to read this book!

You can find my review on goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3360188134

The Baby Group
Caroline Corcoran
Publication date -9/17/20
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4.5 stars!!!

This is a steamy psychological thriller at its finest! Scarlett looks like she has it all, a new raging blog and an adorable little girl and is married to quite a catch. She has found comfort in her new mommy playgroup. When you become a mom your whole life shifts from a career wife to a stay at home mom. You seek out new friendships so that you have an outlet with sharing your new world of having a baby. I was able to connect with these different women in the group and fondly remembered some of my first mommy friends. They helped one another with advice, coffee and sometimes a Moms night out!! Out of know where a sex tape is released of Scarlett with two men from 12 years ago.... it is sent to all of Scarlett’s family, work colleagues and pre mommy friends. It is destroying her life- her career, her relationships and possibly her blog. Who would do such a thing?? This story is filled with twists and turns I never saw coming!!! Sometimes dark this story also was very thought provoking. What a page turner, I highly recommend reading this gem!
Thank you to NetGalley for giving me an early release of The Baby Group.

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Who needs enemies when you have friends like these? A capturing story that will have you enthralled from the beginning

A superb read!!!

Caroline Corcoran has a new fan - me!

This twisty suspense thriller is sure to keep the reader guessing and in suspense throughout the entire book!

Scarlett and Ed had a baby 14 months ago - Poppy. Scarlett is tight friends with three other women with whom she shared antenatal classes. Ed, Scarlett's husband, and Scarlett love one another. . Now with the advent of her return to work - Scarlett hates leaving Poppy yet is glad to be working again...

Then the nightmare only begins... Except for her three new friends, Scarlett's world begins to tumble down...

Many Thanks, as always, to Avon Books, UK and NetGalley for a great read!

Scarlett appears to have everything - a beautiful family, a successful career, a nice house and a new group of mum friends, who seem to be all you could want in friends. But is everything as it seems? Perfection is not always all it appears.

This book is an enjoyable read, with some dark elements. At times, it was hard to like the characters and some readers may find the twists and turns a bit predictable, but others will love this novel.

With friends like these you certainly don’t need enemies!
Lots of twists and turns which kept the pace fast, it was full of all emotions and I felt each and every one of them. The description was spot on without overkill where I can ‘skip’ those sentences.
The characters were believable and I spent the time when I wasn’t trying to guess the end marrying them up to people I knew, fortunately I don’t have many of her friends in my circle of trust.
A good read to get lost in.

Influencer/mummy blogger Scarlett has everything, beautiful daughter, handsome husband, successful career, great house and a bunch of new mummy friends, who are beyond kind and helpful. Or are they?
What is lurking behind the scenes of perfection? Everyone has a past, and this one is dark.

Excellent domestic thriller, fantastic read.

I absolutely loved this book - it had me on the edge of my seat throughout. I especially liked the different perspective chapters as I thought I knew who it was, but then a spanner would be thrown in the works and I would be left unsure again. This is something that I have not seen in recent books and I really enjoyed it! I would definitely read this book again and recommend it to others. It was easy to get into and I instantly fell in love with the main character. I felt everything that she went through - something only an excellent writer can convey!

Thanks to Netgalley for the preview of this book. I enjoyed the book but felt the ending was very predictable & wasn't as satisfying as it could have been. The main character was not likeable & her friends even less so. ,I found it hard to believe her husband would be that unsupportive & take the words of strangers over hers. The book was also slightly too long & dragged on bit

Although the story stared off interesting it did not end up being so. I could not seem to really like/ identify with the main character. I did like the talk about blogging and figuring out what would work on Instagram.

Scarlett is happily married to Ed and is due back to her high profile job after maternity leave.
Her past carries a number of secrets which Scarlett has not divulged to anybody.
During her first week back to work everybody that Scarlett seems to know receives a video of a personal secret she has kept hidden. Her life is turned into absolute turmoil as not only does she try to find out who is behind this malice but finds herself quitting her job, her marriage is in jeopardy and Scarlett sinks to a very low place.
The only people unaware of this video are her 3 friends of a year who she met through an nct class. They help her through her dark moments and are there to support her as things get tough.
This book holds a huge twist as we slowly discover who is behind this malicious behaviour and their apparent motives.
A cleverly written book where jealousy and revenge have devastating consequences.

Making friends with new mums suddenly became all the more important for Scarlett when something she did in her post resurfaces (for just about everyone to see). Her new pals haven’t come across it, and for this, Scarlett is grateful. Her carefully planned life, her gorgeous husband, lovely wee baby, great job, are all under attack and she needs people in her life who won’t judge her. But as her need to find solace intensifies – and the plot turns in ways you can’t imagine – Scarlett begins to realise that not everyone is as friendly and empathetic as they suggest. I particularly loved the ending and the bittersweet note that runs through the book.
Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC.

The Baby Group by Caroline Corcoran was a good and quick read. Scarlett thought she had the perfect life, with a adorable child and a successful husband, until someone starts sending a video from her past to her family and co-workers. This book was very well written with lots of twists and kept me guessing. Thanks Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

I loved this book so much! This book it's about Scarlett the one woman that has a perfect life (sigh) whose life is shattered when someone uploads a very damaging video that is so damaging. So the people in the baby group don't seem bothered about it but y'all know how the story goes.it's amazing and y'all I couldn't get enough of it. Loved it. Thank you Avon and NetGalley for my copy.

Another addictive read from Caroline Corcoran. I read her first novel and this one is just as good. I couldn’t put it down.

Scarlett, Cora, Emma and Asha are four women who have just had babies and have formed a group which meets regularly and spends time together as mothers and with their families.

The novel centres around Scarlett who is due back to work and the initial chapters highlight her feelings on leaving her baby, delving back into the work environment and the mixed emotions of it all. However, as soon as she reaches the office, she realises something is wrong. Her immediate boss shows her the sex-video that has been sent to all of her work colleagues, family, clients and many others.

The havoc this creates is enormous including the impact on her marriage and ability to go back to work. She endeavours to find out who posted it online and after meeting the two men in the video she doesn’t believe it is either of them.

The storyline twists and turns and is excellently plotted when the final reveal happens I was stunned.

Thank you to NetGalley, Avon Books UK and Caroline Corcoran for my ARC in return for my honest review.

Brilliant read and highly recommended.