HUGE thank you to Minotaur Books for sending me an advance reader copy of The Safe Place. I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review! This book is scheduled to be released today!!
Emily’s life is falling apart. She is an aspiring actress who loses her agent, as well as her temp job, and her apartment. What more could go wrong? To top it off, she has a strained relationship with her parents and always seems to call when she needs something…this time they aren’t having it.
She ends up running into Scott, the CEO of the business where Emily was just fired from. He offers to take her to lunch and then offers her a job…to help house-keep his home in the South of France where his wife and child are currently living. With nothing left to lose, Emily jumps at this opportunity and is on a plane the next day.
This seems like a dream…beautiful house, beautiful view, great pay, and great perks (car, food, etc). Emily senses something is a little off and stumbles across a huge secret and her dream turns into a nightmare.
This was a slow burn and had me thinking, this seems all nice. Scott had some quirks, but nothing too alarming. Little by little we see Nina’s story (Scott’s wife) unravel and oh boy, what a tangled web she wove. Anna Downes does a tremendous job at keeping the reader guessing and brings it all back full circle.
4 stars. The action is in the last 25% of this book. It all builds up and then snowballs out of control at the end. It has a very satisfying ending and even an epilogue at the end. I was happy to see how Emily developed over time and was very pleased with her. This is a book that will have you wanting more and more, definitely one to pick up as soon as you can!
Title: The Safe Place
Author: Anna Downes
Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller, Suspense
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Release Date: July 14, 2020
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