This was a bit of domestic thriller with psychological thriller mixed into one. It kept me guessing which is hard to do. The story was written well. It was a fun ride!

Sarah becomes a nanny for a loving and wealthy family. She soon learns that it’s more than she bargained for.

I enjoyed the book. I thought it had a nice pace and enjoyed the twists and turns

Sarah has a a fiancé and a job. He has a job as well. They want to get married with a usual reception and so forth.
However, they barely make enough to pay the bills which include her deceased Aunts medical bills.
Then Sarah finds a flyer advertising for a nanny needed. Not expecting a lot, she calls and gets an interview and lands the job. It seems great, the pay is mind blowing. The hours are perfect to keep her current job as well. Only thing is that she has yet to meet the child she has been hired to nanny.
And things get very weird from there. Can't say much as this was written with a pace that makes you keep reading even when you are sure it is ridiculous, this couldn't happen. And when the end comes...it hits you like freight train. Complete shock. Never saw it coming.
I'd like to thank NetGalley for allowing me this ARC in exchange for my unbiased review.

I'm a huge fan of wealthy family dramas, thrillers, etc. Books like this with glimpses into that lifestyle, especially when it involves those hired in, keep me going. If you love shows like Downton Abbey and Dynasty, this is a book for you.

I love psychological thrillers. So when I read the blurb for Nanny Needed, I knew that this would be a book that I would enjoy.

Nanny Needed is a story about Sarah. Sarah is living with her boyfriend in New York City and barely making ends meet when she finds a flyer in the lobby of her building. The flyer is for a nanny position in a very affluent area of NYC. Throwing caution to the wind, Sarah decides to apply and gets hired, much to her surprise. But she soon regrets her decision when she finds out her nannying position isn’t what it seems. What is going on in the Bird house? What secrets is Mr. Bird trying to keep from coming out? And how does Sarah figure into everything?

Nanny Needed is a fast-paced book, but it does start slow. There is some lag towards the middle of the book, but it was expected. With what happened and Sarah’s state of mind, I wasn’t surprised by it at all.

I liked Sarah. She started the book as overwhelmed but happy. When she saw the flyer for the nanny position in her lobby, she thought it was a sign, and she was thrilled that she hit it off with Collette. After signing NDA’s and agreeing to a 3-month trial, she realizes what her job would be. Then everything hits the fan. I don’t think that I would have dealt with everything as well as Sarah did. She had some fantastic coping skills (in hindsight, I am not surprised).

The thriller angle was interwoven with the mystery angle, and they were both very well written. There were a few twists in the plotline. One twist I saw coming and called it the minute that Sarah interviewed for the job.

The other major twist, I didn’t see coming, and I was floored. I had to take a break to process what I read. That is how insane the twist was!!

The end of Nanny Needed was almost anti-climatic but perfect. I enjoyed that it not only ended the way it did but there was practically no resolve when the twist was revealed. I will say, without getting into spoilers, that I understand why Stephen did what he did. I would have wanted to know too, but what it cost everyone was almost too much. And poor Sarah!!!

I would recommend Nanny Needed to anyone over the age of 21. There is language and mild violence.

This book was great! I highly recommend it. It was a non stop page turner! For sure will read more by this author!

A fun, twisty, almost gothic domestic thriller that will remind readers of the movie "The Boy." A few plot holes and some characters behaving in manners that defy logic, but all in all a quick, fun read.

**3.5-stars**

When Sarah Larsen finds a job posting in the lobby of her building from a wealthy family looking for a nanny, she thinks it may be just the break she needs to get out of debt. Sure, it says, special conditions apply, which is a little suspicious, but she's never going to make headway in her bills with just her waitressing gig.

Applying for the job, she can hardly believe it when she makes it through to the interview stage. Even more unbelievable is the family home, a penthouse on the Upper West Side. This is exactly what she needs and she gets it!

The Bird family is extremely wealthy and cherish their privacy, therefore, Sarah is required to sign an NDA, which she doesn't think too much about. The pay, the work hours, the minimal job requirements, it all seems a little too good to be true. And y'all know, if it seems that way, it's because it is!

It doesn't take long on the new job before Sarah realizes something is very off with the Birds. Very, very off. Although the other members of staff aren't completely willing to talk with her about the family, the little she is able to pick up indicates there have been a few nannies before her, the last one departing suddenly. What happened to them? What would make them leave such a seemingly prestigious placement?

Nanny Needed is one wild ride. Getting to meet the Bird family was quite the jaw dropping experience. Oh wow, the secrets we keep. Sarah got into it deep. I can't believe how long she stayed into it, but there we go. Throughout it all, I was hooked, I'll admit it, like a moth to a flame.

Rich people drama is a trope I love. While this was a bit far-fetched, it still kept me entertained. Particularly the second-half, which I read it one sitting. I think if you are looking for a fun, fast-paced, Lifetime movie-type read, this would be a good one to pick up. Even though it most likely won't be super memorable for me, it kept me engaged the entire time I was reading and that's a great thing!

Thank you so much to the publisher, Bantam, for providing me with a copy to read and review. I definitely look forward to picking up more from this author!

Solid 4.5 stars for me!!!

I really enjoyed this book! I was sad when I had to stop reading because I needed to know what craziness was about to happen next and believe me, this book is jam-packed with crazy! I was constantly saying WTF to myself. Could this all be true??? Nanny Needed will have you gripping your book and flipping as fast as you can. This was my first Georgina Cross book and it won't be my last!

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for my advanced readers copy in exchange for my honest review.

Super quick read that keeps you engrossed the entire minute. Every time you time you think you have the plot figured out, you’re wrong! Great mind blowing thriller!!

Super quick read that keeps you engrossed the entire minute. Every time you time you think you have the plot figured out, you’re wrong! Great mind blowing thriller!!

this was one of the best books i have read all year. the tension and suspense built with each chapter and the ending was EPIC. you know something isnt right with these characters and their dynamic by OH MY i didnt expect to have happen what ultimately unfolded. this was my first by this author and definitely wont be my last.

A total thrill ride from start to finish!! Loved it! The twists and turns were very satisfying and the characters were intriguing. I think I read this in two days, I couldn’t put it down.

What a crazy ride. Even though it seemed like it would be a predictable story, I did not see where it was going in the end. Left on a bit of a cliff hanger, I was definitely wanting to know where it would go next. This is a perfect book to escape with.

Thank you Random House/Ballantine and Netgalley for this ARC!

The crowded psychological thriller genre has no shortage of “nanny thrillers,” and this one does not stand out— at least, not for the right reasons. Perhaps if your suspension of disbelief is more trained than mine — say, doing backbends over whole chasms of believability — “Nanny Needed” might work for you. For me, it does not. At some point, the gentle reader just has to say “Nope!” This book went way past my Nope-point and now I’m actively annoyed.

That said, thank you kindly to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to provide this honest review of the book in exchange for my complimentary digital copy.

So wow this book takes you through a lot of feels. You can quickly figure out the issue with the new position but trying to figure out what will happen next is a little more challenging. You have to allow yourself to let go of logic and reason and just enjoy the story for what it is, a bit of a thriller with a whole lot of crazy thrown in. I had a feeling that I knew how Sarah fit into the Birds life and honestly I was disappointed in the ultimate ending. Not that it wasn’t well thought out and well written I just wanted a different ending. It was good, not great but definitely worth reading. I received an ARC through NetGalley and appreciate the opportunity to access this book.

This is my first experience with the author but after being invited to read this one by the publisher, I was excited to give it a try! Financially crippled after her aunt's death, Sarah stumbles across an ad for a nannying job in a swankier part of her beloved New York City. Thinking this might be the solution to her problems, it's not long before the job reveals that what seems too good to be true all too often is actually too good to be true...

Fast-paced and with a rather wildly unpredictable plot, I really couldn't put this one down! the story really takes some startling turns - I only wish that the climax felt a bit less rushed to me. Villains explaining motivations at the endings of books always hits me in the Scooby Doo-vibes... but despite wanting more from the conclusion, I really and truly did enjoy this. I found myself really having a difficult time wresting my attention away from it - it's a definite page turner! I enjoyed the surprises to the plot - though I think by the end, there are a few inconsistencies that would make this a fun discussion starter for book clubs or discussion groups. Plus, I am definitely looking forward to reading more from Cross in the future.

An absolute wild ride of a tale! If you're searching for a twisty, jaw dropping thriller, look no further. This was a fast paced read that will keep even the most seasoned of mystery readers engaged. Highly recommend, but suspend your disbelief for the ending.

I enjoyed the writing of Nanny Needed by Georgia Cross, but I felt like it strung me along without feeling like much was being accomplished to move the plot along.

barely a 3 star rating

This book had the most unsatisfying ending for a book that I have read in a long time.

Sarah needs to find a second job to help pay the medical debt she has from her aunt dying from cancer. She ends up finding an ad for a nanny job that could be her ticket out of the debt. After having two different interviews she gets the job, and she signs an NDA without even thinking about it. However, the job ends up being a little or well a lot strange because she quickly learns that she will be spending more time with Mrs. Bird instead of the daughter...
With this though Sarah notices some weird things happening and things just keep escalating and escalating until she ends up spending literally all of her time with this family and not really having any contact with anyone outside of the house.
It got weird and just a no real quick for me.

Overall I found myself very annoyed with this book on multiple occasions because of all the things that the characters were doing. Sarah herself while being suspicious at times, would just go along with what was happening and that was so annoying and frustrating. She knew something wasn't right but she kept going with it partially because she didn't seem to know how to control the situation but also because of how good at things this family was when it came to manipulation. Add in her fiance getting suspicious of things and then that causing a whole other situation, this entire book and situation goes from iffy to bad, to even worse, to omg what in the world is happening at times.

Now onto the ending of this book, while I had suspected part of this ending, I was not expecting the other half of it and definitely was not expecting how open-ended it was about a certain part. That part was very unsatisfying to me and made me so annoyed after finishing this book.

this book is barely three stars for me and it's getting that last .5 to take it up from a 2.5 because of how fast I read this one because I needed to know what happened.