Morgan and Nicole are on the same platform waiting for a train when Nicole asks Morgan to take her baby, calling her by name. After Nicole tosses her baby to Morgan and jumps in front of the train, Morgan has to figure out who she was and why she chose her to take care of her baby.

Morgan's life becomes more depressing than it already was as she is accused of hiding her relationship with Nicole and killing her to take her baby. Nicole's past is explored through flashback chapters, where we find she feels guilty and is harassed over something that happened when she was 17. Her happiness at becoming a mother is overshadowed by the letters suddenly starting again.

Morgan has to figure out what happened in the last few months to lead a complete stranger to give her a baby she loved. We, the reader, relive those months with Nicole as she loses everything in her life to her obsession with that past and her daughter. Much of her stress seems to also come from the threat of losing her company if she doesn't somehow work through her six week maternity leave AND get back immediately after. This is supposed to be a company run by women to help women. Nice family leave policy they have. Anyway, we watch her spiral and lean of the connection between the women.

This was one of those books where you don't know who to trust or who is reliable. You question the women, the brother, the husband, the best friend, the police office, the assistant. It was a quick read, but you were a little off balance the entire time.

Many thanks to NetGalley, Simon & Schuster and Samantha Bailey for the opportunity to read this gripping debut psychological thriller - great read and it leaves me anticipating her next book. 4.5 stars.

Morgan is still reeling from the news that her husband wasn't who she thought he was and suffering from guilt and shame after he died. She is on the subway platform when a woman she has never seen before suddenly comes up to her, hands Morgan her baby, and then falls to her death under the train. Suddenly Morgan finds herself being questioned by police as to whether she really knew the woman, Nicole, and whether she actually pushed Nicole to her death. How can Morgan prove her innocence and how can she trust anyone around her? And why would Nicole give Morgan her baby?

Told in alternating chapters of Morgan in the present and Nicole before, I found myself not trusting anyone either and anxious to find out the truths in these different stories. Good book to discuss with topics such as suicide, mental illness, postpartum depression and survivor's guilt.

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Wow! What a wild ride. I finished this book in about 36 hours. It sucked me in from the very first line and I just needed to know what would happen. About halfway through I started to suspect the “culprit” behind it all, but with all the twists and turns, I kept doubting myself and changing my mind. I am a big fan of alternating points of view especially when they are told at different points in time as well. This format paired with the story made this a four star read for me.

Morgan is shocked when Nicole hands a baby to her and then ends up under a train. Told by both Morgan and Nicole, this is a twisty one. It merges a woman- Nicole, who appears to have everything but who is struggling with all of it-with another- Morgan, a widow who doesn't. Morgan desperately wants a child but not this way. Now she's a suspect in Nicole's death because no one else saw what happened (and there's no video) so of course she's going to try to find out as much about Nicole as she can. The plot of this might seem vaguely familiar but it's fresh, twisty, and quite the page turner. I didn't guess correctly which is always a plus. Thanks to the publisher for the ARC>.

I just finished Samantha Bailey’s debut psychological thriller, Woman on the Edge! The book starts off with Morgan encountering Nicole while waiting to catch a subway train. Nicole pushes the baby into Morgan’s hands and jumps off the edge into an oncoming train. The note asks Nicole to take care of the baby. This is an intense quick read told through alternating chapters of Nicole before and Morgan after receiving the baby.

I could not stop reading as I wanted to figure out what and why this happened. Police Detective Martinez is no stranger to Morgan as she investigated the suicide of Morgan’s husband Ryan who was an investor who lost his client’s funds. Detective Martinez does not trust Morgan. Lots of twists with a few that were questionable. I thoroughly enjoyed this debut novel and will be thinking about it for quite some time. Thank you NetGalley and Simon and Schuster for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

"Pulse-pounding, heartrending, shocking, thrilling. This is one book you won't be able to stop thinking about." <---- Did the person who wrote that actually read this book? I'm genuinely curious.

Oh, I won't stop thinking about it alright. Thinking about what an absolute waste of time this was.

Pros: It's a quick read.

Cons: This book has so many issues that I can't even be bothered to discuss them all.

You've been warned!!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Simon & Shuster for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This is definitely a one day read! Clear some time because you won’t be able to put it down!
As Morgan waits for her morning train to work, a distraught woman approaches, calls her by name, hands her a baby and then throws herself in front of the train. This is only the beginning of Woman on the Edge, a gripping psychological thriller by Samantha Bailey.

Told in flashbacks leading up to the tragic suicide, the story slowly weaves together the seemingly unrelated lives of two women. Morgan is a widow, once married to the architect of a Ponzi scheme that bankrupted her family and friends. She’s been suspected of collusion and has spent her savings in repayments to her husband’s victims. Still, she is isolated and lonely. Nicole could not be more different. She is the founder and CEO of a fabulously successful athleisure company, has a beautiful apartment and a loving husband. Together, they await the birth of their first child, a baby girl. Things begin to fall apart after the baby is born. Long ago events affect Nicole’s behavior and her relationship with her husband and daughter. Meanwhile, in the present day, Morgan is accused of pushing Nicole to her death. She becomes involved in Nicole’s world to clear her name.

This is a fast paced page turner. The action moves so quickly that some characters need more development to make their actions better understood. However, that is overlooked as the story flies by. Woman on the Edge is Samantha Bailey’s first novel and it took her years to write. I hope she is now working on her next because I can’t wait! 4 stars.

Thanks to NetGalley, Simon & Schuster and Samantha Bailey for this ARC.

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion. This was an extremely intense psychological thriller from a new author for me. This book pulled me in from the first page and held my attention through the last page! I seriously could not put this book down.

Woman on the Edge was a fun (albeit dark,) couldn't-put-it-down, suspense novel.

Set in Chicago -- my home town! -- it is told in alternating chapters between Nicole and Morgan, we learn that Nicole, the founder and CEO of a wellness company called Breathe, thrusts her infant daughter into the arms of a stranger, Morgan, telling her she knows she'll keep the baby safe, before jumping in front of a train. Morgan, who has had a previous run in with the legal system, finds herself the main suspect in Nicole's death and must clear her name. Meanwhile, another stranger is out to get her before the police do.

Look, this isn't great literature by any means, but it was a fun read, and a highly recommend blocking off a few hours to yourself, pouring a glass of wine, and finishing this all in one go. Otherwise, you'll find yourself making every excuse to steal extra minutes away from what you're supposed to be doing to find out what happens next.

I even guessed who the villain was about halfway through, and I still really enjoyed the suspense of finding out if i was right.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an arc of this book in exchange for my honest review. It did not influence my opinion.

A fast paced, mind twisting novel! This is literally a book you cannot put down because something is always happening, new information is always appearing. I loved Morgan and her willingness to find answers- although sometimes I wanted to scream “are you crazy????” at my book. As a medical professional, I cringed every time Nicole took yet another Xanax. Yet I felt for her thinking that she needed the medicine to get through a day. I cant wait to read more from this author!

#womanontheedge #samanthambailey #Netgalley #netgalleyreview #bookreader #booksofinstagram #bookstagram well. Let's get to it shall we? This book is just that. You are a woman on the edge. With all of the twists and turns the #jawdroppingmoments you become so engrossed in this novel. You want to grab the main character Nicole and shout and hold her. You empathize with these characters while trying to figure out what the heck is going on. You won't be able to put this one down. And then ending 😱 oh my gosh. Praise to this author. What a phenomenal mind blowing read. Definitely five stars. Buy one for you and a friend.

Morgan Kincaid is standing on the platform waiting for the train after work when a stranger comes up calls her by name and hands her her baby. Then the woman jumps in front of the oncoming train. The story is told in alternating parts between Morgan trying to find out why this stranger would do something like this, and the events in Nicole's life that led up to that moment. I could not put this book down. This is the best kind of suspense book.... great plot twists and a compelling storyline. I highly recommend it!

This book will grab you right from the start. It wastes no time and opens with the moment described in the blurb. A woman gives her baby to a stranger before she dies. Except she says the woman’s name before her death. Yet this woman had no idea how she knew her name. The story is just as compelling as it sounds. The book has an alternating timeline told in alternating chapters. We follow the stranger, Morgan, in the present in the aftermath of this incident as she tries to piece together what happened. Then we have a time jump into the past where we meet Nicole, the woman who gave away her baby, as she is pregnant and awaiting the birth of her child. I usually hate flashbacks but this makes sense as a story device as we slowly find out the back story to the event that starts the book. How does this woman who seems to have it all suddenly and so completely unravel? The answers will have you glued to the pages! The pacing is very quick and quickly pulls the reader in. The book is certainly not perfect and has some issues that could be expected with a debut author but this is still a great mystery and one you won’t want to put down. I figured out what was going on but still enjoyed the story as it led to the conclusion. I do think there should have been more time spent on that reveal but it’s not a big deal. I can’t wait to read her next book! I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book was an amazing debut novel! I was SERIOUSLY impressed by it. This book only took me two hours and one sitting to read, but I would have kept reading much longer if the book had been longer. I flew through the pages for the simple fact that I HAD TO KNOW. I loved the characters, and the culprit absolutely floored me - I had no idea who was behind everything, and my guess was entirely wrong, which is rare for me. Four and a half stars, rounded up to five. Brava!

Woman on the Edge
Samantha Bailey
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I loved this fast paced thriller. The story begins with Nicole handing her baby to Morgan a women she has never met and commits suicide by jumping in front of a subway car. The story goes back and forth in time between Nicole and Morgan until there lives intercept.

There are many twists and turns along the way and it was very hard for me to predict the outcome. There was major betrayal, heartbreak and suspicion between all the characters. If you like a quick page turner with lots of action and mystery than this is a book I highly recommend!

Thank you to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for this ARC for an exchange on my honest review. I will be looking for more books written by Samantha Bailey on goodreads!

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Review of Woman on the Edge by Samantha M. Bailey:
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Morgan Kincaid is on her way home from work and in the subway waiting for a train when a woman suddenly approaches her and thrusts her infant daughter into her arms, telling her to “keep her safe” before jumping in front of a train and killing herself. The woman is CEO Nicole Markham. Morgan is struggling to process what happened and how this woman knew her name. Why is this stranger naming Morgan the guardian of her infant daughter in her Will? What links them together? When no one on the subway platform can corroborate her story that Nicole jumped, she quickly moves from being a witness to a suspect in a murder with a motive. Did she push her or did she really jump? In piecing things together, she learns of Nicole’s traumatic past and someone who has sent her threatening messages for years. Was Nicole in danger or was she just paranoid? Morgan starts to question just that until strange things start to happen to her that make her feel both unsafe and paranoid. Is Morgan and the baby now in danger? And if so, who can Morgan trust if the police don’t believe her?

What would you do if you believed yourself to be innocent but the police and community didn’t believe you? I can imagine how incredibly frustrating that would be to not feel heard. This book immediately starts off with a bang; Nicole handing her infant daughter over to Morgan and then falling in front of a train. Bailey makes you question everyone’s motives and who to trust. From the beginning it is hard to tell if Nicole was simply experiencing postpartum depression and psychosis or if someone was exploiting her vulnerability. Throughout the entire book you question the motives of every characters’ actions and what role they played in Nicole’s life. But when all the loose ends are tied up, it makes for a satisfying conclusion to the story. Bailey’s debut novel is suspenseful and will have you on the edge of your seat turning the pages (or swiping left) until the very end!

⚠️ Trigger Warning: This book does incorporate topics including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), trauma, depression, postpartum depression and psychosis, psychological abuse, and suicide.
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Thank you @netgalley and @simonandschuster for an advanced readers copy of Woman on the Edge by Samantha M. Bailey in exchange for an independent and honest review. This book is scheduled to be released on 03/03/2020. Go check it out next week!

Great read for a first book for this author. Fast paced and easy to follow mystery/thriller. You can never quite figure out who to trust until much later in the book. You want to tell Morgan to do what her lawyer said and stay home and quit meddling as she is making things worse for herself. It holds your interest and you just want the baby to be okay! Jacket cover gives adequate plot set up, so no book report from me. Read and enjoy.
I received this book as a complimentary copy for an unbiased review.The opinions expressed are my own.
Thanks to the author,publisher and NetGalley for the ARC.

I feel indifferent about this one. The main thing that kept me going through the book was the question of what the connection between the two women were. There wasn’t anything shocking at all in this one for me. The chapters alternate between Morgan now and Nicole before. Another thing is, I didn’t find either Nicole or Morgan to be likable characters. I felt bad for Nicole, but I hated how she pushed everyone away and just completely fell into this manic state. She had a husband to talk to about everything. I’m big on communication and whenever there’s a lack of in a book, I get so annoyed. Like you could have avoided so much conflict if you would have just shared your burdens. I also just don’t understand how it shows her as this confident and accomplished CEO, and then she just turns into something else completely. Morgan was just frustrating with some of her decisions. She made it easy for the police to think she’s guilty. Overall, I wouldn’t recommend this off the top of my head, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to stop someone from reading it.

Morgan has not had an easy time of it since her husband committed suicide. She is on the platform waiting for her train to take her home when a woman shoves her baby into Morgan's arms and tells her to keep her baby safe and then the woman jumps off the platform in front of the oncoming train. This was a good mystery that alternated between the present day and the days leading up to Nicole's suicide. I look forward to reading more books by this author.

It is very hard to believe that this masterful, edge-of-your-seat suspense is a debut novel for its author!

Woman on the Edge is gripping from the first sentence to the last. Morgan Kincaid is waiting for a subway train when a woman that she has never met approaches and talks with her, calling her by name and then saying "Take my baby", shoves the baby at Morgan and falls backwards onto the tracks as the train roars into the station. When witnesses can't corroborate her story and camera feed makes it impossible to tell if the victim fell accidentally, purposely or whether she was pushed, Morgan finds herself a suspect in the death. The victim, Nicole Markham, currently on maternity leave, was the founder and CEO of one of the bestselling companies in North America.

The story is told in alternating chapters from the POVs of Morgan in present time and of Nicole disclosing the events leading up to her death.

With an intriguing and finely executed plot, characters with depth, and MAJOR twists throughout, this is a read you won't want to miss!! Samantha Bailey is definitely a new author I want to watch. This book rates 5 stars from me. I highly recommend you add it to your TBR pile!

My sincere thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for letting me read an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review. All opinions expressed here are my own.