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La Nounou

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Elle est chez vous. Et elle vous ment...

Lorsqu'Audrey engage Holly Goodwin, une jeune femme impeccable, comme nounou à domicile, elle est persuadée d'avoir trouvé la femme idéale. Mais alors qu'Holly se rapproche du fils et du mari d'Audrey, cette dernière ne peut étouffer la jalousie qui couve sous son apparence sereine.

C'est alors qu'Audrey est victime d'un harcèlement en ligne. Une terrible image photoshopée devient virale, mettant son entreprise en péril. De furieuses menaces de mort inondent sa boîte de réception. Même sa boutique de fleurs est vandalisée. Et tout a commencé lorsque Holly Goodwin est entrée dans sa vie...

Alors que la confiance s'effrite au sein du foyer, Audrey doit affronter ses peurs les plus profondes pour protéger sa famille. Elle se demande qui est Holly Goodwin. Et que cache-t-elle exactement ?

238 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 6, 2023

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S.L. Harker

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Even as a young child SL Harker would conjure up stories to share with her family. That love of books and storytelling never went away, but her skills have improved since then.

As a lover of twisty fiction, her books are fast-paced domestic thrillers with a little spice added in.

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Profile Image for Marie-Claude Gagné.
529 reviews34 followers
March 9, 2025
Bon suspens. Les personnages sont quand même intéressants, ça se lit bien, et je dois avouer que je ne m’attendais pas à la direction qu’a pris l’histoire.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: Beaucoup aimé
Profile Image for Wiseask.
171 reviews16 followers
February 3, 2024
When I begin a book I can almost always tell within a page or two whether the author — in this case, a she — knows how to write, whether she has an interesting (or even better: captivating) and entertaining story to tell, whether she knows how to tell her story, and unless I discover some unforeseen disappointment before reaching the end, whether I will enjoy reading it. All of this was evident at the start of S.L. Harker’s superb psychological thriller, The Nanny’s Secret, which in style, structure and substance nearly resembles the best of Daniel Hurst.

Audrey, in her forties, is the new mother of a six-month old baby girl named Lissa. She hired Holly, in her twenties, as a nanny to take care of Lissa while she returns to work at the flower shop she owns, now that her maternity leave is over.

Audrey is married to Rick, a handsome hard-working salesman. They also have a twelve year old son Jace. For years, Audrey and Rick had trouble conceiving another child, but shortly after a devastating miscarriage Audrey became pregnant with Lissa. She calls Lissa her rainbow baby. She and Rick seem like the perfect suburban couple.

They have neighbors across the street about their age, Elijah and his pregnant wife Emma, who already have four children, two boys and two girls. Elijah calls his next baby their tie-breaker. The charismatic Elijah, whose blue eyes we are told “are so piercing they brighten the space around him,” plays a major part in the drama as the story unfolds.

Audrey is the narrator for most of the story. Even though Holly came with excellent references, Audrey begins having misgivings about her, like how Holly seemed to want the job as nanny a little too desperately. Then Audrey is targeted on social media with a fabricated image of herself being cruel to a cat, costing her customers, damaging her reputation, and resulting in hate mail and even death threats. All of this coincides with the arrival of Holly.

Yes, Holly, the nanny, has a secret as the title implies, but so does Audrey and at least one other character I will not name so as not to spoil the story for you. I can tell you that by describing her book as “absolutely addictive,” the author did herself a disservice with her understatement.

The Nanny’s Secret is exactly what a psychological thriller advertising a “jaw-dropping twist” is supposed to look like. That’s because there is more to The Nanny’s Secret than just the nanny’s secret. It’s called payback.
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147 reviews10 followers
February 7, 2024
A good thriller. It was kind of obvious the events started as soon as the nanny moved in, however, how it all connected remained unclear until the end and was nothing like I expected it to be. The main character was a little (too) jealous and judgmental, which was annoying at times. Also, the last 50 pages felt a bit unnecessary and harsh. But if you’re looking for a quick and enjoyable thriller, you should definitely give this one a try!
Profile Image for Marie-Eve Anctil.
334 reviews43 followers
September 5, 2024
Ce livre m’a tenu en haleine du début à la fin. Un pur divertissement . Maintenant j’aimerai découvrir d’autre livres de cette auteure .
Profile Image for Jessie Roussel.
122 reviews2 followers
June 14, 2025
J’ai bien aimé ma lecture, un page turner. Je ne m’attendais pas du tout à cette fin!
Profile Image for Beth.
754 reviews75 followers
March 23, 2026
1.5 ⭐️

The only good thing that I can really say about this book is that the writing style is simple & easy to get through, so I finished it within a couple of hours.

The author took a predictable trope—young nanny who appears to be acting suspiciously, jealous wife whose husband thinks that she’s simply paranoid—and tried to do something unexpected with it. Whilst I applaud the effort, the twist came completely out of left field and didn’t even make sense with the storyline.

The twist itself was pretty depressing and just left me feeling grim. The attempted drama & suspense that led up to it was tame at best and didn’t arouse any anticipation. I simply didn’t care what happened to the characters, which is probably the worst thing that a thriller can do to a reader.
Profile Image for Marie-Noël Chenel.
136 reviews
January 25, 2025
Un bon petit livre à intrigue qui est pas trop long à lire! J’ai franchement bien aimé, c’était mon premier livre de cette auteure et je n’ai pas été déçu. Je ne m’attendais pas à la petite twist de la fin, mais je ne suis pas tombé en bas de ma chaise non plus, c’est pourquoi je lui attribut un 4⭐️
Profile Image for Jessica Rolke.
48 reviews
February 6, 2024
WOOOOOWWWWWWWW. Guess how much I paid for this book? $0! I got this book from stuff your kindle day and was really expecting nothing great from it cause the other book I got wasn’t good and it was part of a 7 book series with each book being about 200 pages.

I honestly love thrillers that are this length cause they need to get right into it and I felt like immediately I was throw into the mystery. Obviously I new something was going on but I had no inkling of what it could be that once the reveal came around I was shocked. And then the last 30 pages? I couldn’t put it down!

So surprised by this book and I’m glad I picked it up for free.
Profile Image for Kelly.
151 reviews3 followers
January 6, 2024
Odd

This one seems really far-fetched. Just a little too weird for me. The characters made terrible decisions and the whole plot was just very gross. Audrey hires a live-in nanny to watch her pre-teen son and baby so she can return to work at a flower shop. But the nanny seems to have secrets, and Audrey is determined to expose those secrets. She is getting threatened at work, but is it the nanny? Or someone else? The answers to those questions left me rolling my eyes.
5 reviews1 follower
December 21, 2023
ridiculous

For some reason I read 75% of this book and then got rid of it. The writer doesn’t put any emotion into her writing. The characters say and do ridiculous things. If you just found your baby had been kidnapped you wouldn’t throw a glass at the wall. I will not be reading any more of her books. Very disappointed
Profile Image for Maeva Nault.
16 reviews2 followers
February 22, 2026
À la hauteur des livre de Freida!! Des rebondissements à chaque chapitres! J’ai adoré
Profile Image for Maude Lemay.
91 reviews
May 28, 2025
Oups je l’ai fini samedi, mais j’ai oublié update! Je donne un bon 3.5 étoiles! C’était bon et très rapide comme lecture, alors on est toujours captivé! Par contre le fait que le livre soit court fait en sorte qu’on connaît moins les personnages et qu’il y a moins de contexte !! Je recommande !
Profile Image for Janie Lapierre.
15 reviews1 follower
May 7, 2025
J’ai adoré ce livre, ça se lit vraiment bien !
Profile Image for Isabelle Rancourt.
230 reviews74 followers
February 8, 2025
Un petit roman intriguant que j'ai bien aimé.
Audrey engage une nounou, Holly, pour s'occuper de sa petite famille quand elle travaille dans son commerce de fleur.
Dès l'arrivée de celle-ci, il commence à avoir de mysterieuses choses qui se produit ...
Audrey se sent menacée et craintive et décide de mener une petite bataille avec caméra et sécurité.... mais elle n'est pas prête à ce qu'elle découvrira.....
Profile Image for Léa Gagnon.
24 reviews3 followers
December 27, 2025
Bon petit livre rapide et facile à lire.

L’intrigue initiale n’est pas du jamais-vu, mais intéressante. Néanmoins la tournure des événements est imprévisible.
Profile Image for navelliaa_books.
200 reviews
February 23, 2026
Un thriller qui se lit d’un coup, mais où il manque un petit truc quand même !

Ici on suit Audrey qui engage une nounou pour s’occuper de ses enfants, Lissa et Jace. Holly, la nounou est parfaite et s’occupe très bien des enfants. Pourtant, elle semble cacher quelque chose mais impossible de savoir quoi. Quand une photo compromettante de Audrey sort sur les réseaux sociaux, sa vie s’effondre. Elle se demande qui lui en veut. Holly aurait-elle un rapport avec tout ça ?

Le livre est assez court donc il se lit vite. Mais, il y a quand même pas mal de longueurs qui tournent en rond parfois. Cependant, ça reste addictif et ça se lit très bien.

Le dénouement.. ok. En fait, tout arrive tout en même temps. Même si je trouve que c’est une bonne fin, je reste sur ma faim. Je crois que j’en attendais plus après avoir tourné en rond aussi longtemps avec les quelques longueurs.

Mais, ça reste un super thriller à dévorer rapidement et pour soupçonner tout le monde !
Profile Image for Heather.
37 reviews1 follower
February 19, 2024
I picked this book up to fulfill a prompt in a reading challenge I am engaged in and loved it! I was engaged from the start and was kept guessing as to where the plot was headed.
Profile Image for Gab Genest.
18 reviews
March 18, 2026
Oufff.... la mauvaise traduction n'a pas du aider. Histoire beaucoup trop rocambolesque.
35 reviews
June 21, 2025
Une intrigue originale mais pas très prenante
Profile Image for Juliette Sigouin.
12 reviews
January 5, 2026
Je l’ai terminé juste pour savoir ce qui se passait mais avoir su je l’aurais pas commencé..
Profile Image for Elise DeMoully .
48 reviews
January 22, 2024
Actual rating: 2.5⭐️ it was just okay…the premise was weird and didn’t seem that well-written to me.
Profile Image for Kayla Harris.
22 reviews
December 12, 2023
It was just okay. It was a quick read in between other books for me. The twist fell flat and I hated the sons story line.
Profile Image for Angie Villeneuve.
12 reviews1 follower
January 31, 2026
une bonne lecture!
mais pas de « plot twist » dans ce livre (ce que je préfère) c’est pourquoi je donne 3.5/5 ⭐️. :)
11 reviews2 followers
May 10, 2025
J’ai adoré ce livre, du début à la fin ! Ça se lit bien et l’intrigue est intéressante 📖
4 reviews
December 31, 2023
It is just not the type of book I enjoy. It was easy to read, but not much depth to it. The story line could have worked, but the characters were too bland. I didn’t really get connected to any of the characters.
Profile Image for Joana | lecturesdenana.
124 reviews1 follower
May 22, 2025
★★★,5/5

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❗️Avis sans spoil

Je n’avais jamais entendu parler de ce thriller mais j’avoue que la couv m’a attiré.

Pour être honnête j’ai bien aimé mais j’ai été un peu déçu, je m’attendais à mieux au niveau du plot, je ne m’y attendais pas certes mais je ne suis pas rester sur le cul non plus, mais bon, il faut dire elle passe après Freida McFadden reine des retournement de situation, donc j’avoue que je pense que cela a pu influencé ma note.

Je pense que ce thriller domestique sera parfait pour les personnes qui n’en lit pas et qui aimerais commencé, car il est assez court et tout de même très addictif.

Les +
La plume est très addictive, et je trouve que pour des premiers thrillers c’est très prometteur pour la suite.
Le suspense du début à la fin, on se demande tout le long du livre qui est le coupable de l’harcèlement d’Audrey et pour quoi.
J’ai trouvé l’intrigue et les personnages bien développées.

Les -
Le plot était pas si fou que ça.
Et quelques longueurs sur la fin.
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