“𝗦𝗼 𝗜 𝗿𝗮𝗻, 𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜’𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱. 𝗡𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘆. 𝗘𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗲.”

𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 3.5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

𝗣𝘂𝗯 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 6/1/25

*Thank you @NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing, @amazonpublishing, and @brilliancepublishing for sending this ebook and audiobook for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

Dual immersion read: audiobook 🎧/ ebook 📖

𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆:
Nurse May is an ER nurse on the run from her past, never staying in one place too long- and never telling the truth. Eventually her past catches up with her in this twisty thriller.

𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀:
😈 Snarky FMC
🤥 ER nurse/medically accurate information
😈 Twists and turns
🤥 Coastal setting
😈 Dogs 🐕
🤥 Short chapters

𝗠𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀:
I admit I went into this blind, knowing it was a thriller. I was pleasantly surprised with the ER nurse element being an ER nurse myself- I also loved the FMC personality and snarky attitude. There was an air of mystery regarding her past that was eventually revealed halfway through. This started out strong, but slowed down midway. The twists and turns were good, not great. Definitely a solid read for thriller lovers… might be a bit average for avid readers. I loved the short chapters- I’m a huge sucker for those, especially in thriller/mystery novels. The audiobook narrator was ok, I felt like her narration was a bit robotic but I was still able to picture the FMC with her voice. I’d recommend this as an 👀 read though.

#BaldFacedLiar

This was a reasonably interesting summer binge. I love stalker thrillers. I do feel like this book fell into the trap that nine out of ten books about characters with shady pasts fall into, but it was a quick, bingeable read with a nice setting. The way things played out with the MC's landlord was amusing, if not entirely believable! The audiobook was easy listening, and I binged it in a day. A great performance!