great read and easy to follow story line. look forward to reading more from this author.

Excellent book. Great main characters and plot. I would recommend this book.

Thanks Netgalley. I am not too sure about this book may be I was not in the right frame of mind for reading this type of book. I am sure other readers will give a higher review

The main character is a young Englishwoman named Caitlin who runs away from her life in London. She boards a plane and ends up in NYC. Her mother is dead and her father is an alcoholic. She is anxious and upset and is starting to get short on funds. Long story short she meets a man named Jake and falls for him quickly. Little does she know that when he brings her to meet his parents she will be falling into her own little rabbit hole. I won't say anything else about the story as I don't want to give away too much. It was well written and fast paced - you really want to see what happens to Caitlin. Emma Dibdin writes a taut suspenseful tale for the most part. The only con is that some parts of the story are little too unbelievable. I would recommend to readers who are interested in psychological stressors and the strength a person can find within themselves that they did not know existed.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a chance to read and give an honest review.

A very good read, had me gripped from the start. I would highly recommend this book to others

I enjoyed this book. It kept my interest and I enjoyed the different characters. I think I would have enjoyed more of a twist at the end e.get if it was Barb running the show as it felt a bit obvious in its current format. Nonetheless I thought it was well written and I would look forward to reading other books by the same author.

This was a fabulous book, a real page turner, which I devoured in a few days.
Caitlin is a lost soul looking for comfort in New York following the death of her mother. She has flown over from London and is not sure what she is hoping to find, only that she needs to escape her past. A chance encounter sees her meeting Jake, an ex-soldier who she immediately identifies with. His unhappy past brings them together quickly and she agrees to meet his ‘family’ in a remote location away from the city.
For Cailtin this is the first step towards a very different way of life. She finds herself embracing a new lifestyle she was at first sceptical to accept and for a while all seems well. An enthusiastic welcome from the group members, whose lives here seem blissful and fulfilling, embrace and soothe Caitlin. The esteemed self-appointed leader, Don brings order and calm to the group. However, as Caitlin becomes more entwined with the regime she starts to realise she has got herself into something which may not be all it seems.
I enjoyed the way this book built up a sense of foreboding. It is a great debut novel and Emma Dibdin is an author I will look out for in the future.