I Took Care of It

by Paige Monroe

Erin Pruitt is exhausted.

She’s the wife, the mom, the employee who keeps everything from falling apart.

Someone always needs something. Someone always pushes too far. And Erin always handles it.

Until one quiet correction works better than expected.

A coworker who stole credit gets exposed.
A perfect school mom unravels in public.
A friend with a secret life finally faces consequences.

Erin tells herself she only pointed at what was already true.

But then the damage starts spreading faster than she can control.

Someone else has been watching.
Someone else has been learning.
And someone else is making Erin’s corrections much more dangerous.

Now a detective is asking questions. A friend is ruined. Erin’s family is closer to the truth than she realizes.

And the more Erin tries to protect them, the harder it becomes to tell the difference between fixing a problem…
and becoming one.

A dark domestic psychological thriller about rage, consequences, and the terrifying relief of finally snapping.

206 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 14, 2026

Reviews

[Bren]

I found the twists in the plot wickedly clever and downright intriguing and I read the entire book before I could put it down. Erin came up with a plan to get back at those who use and abuse her ability to keep things on a even keel so she created a fake name on social media and posted harmful truths about those people, but when ugly things about more people kept getting posted under the fake name and it isn't Erin who is it then?. You will be shocked when you find out.

[James]

Another great read from Paige Monroe. At first I wasn't appreciating the slow burn of this compared to The Night She Chose. Then I started to get itchy ( that's what I call it ) over certain things and began thinking about ... well.. you.ll see.

I enjoyed Always Protected and The Night She Chose... so it was the next step for me.

I received an ARC for a fair and honest review and my opinion.

[Pat]

I loved the twists and suspense. Enjoyable characters and realistic actions. Smart way to set in motion facts to dismantle lives of several people who made her life miserable. I can’t wait to read more by author Paige Monroe.

[Nicole Collins]

Erin has her hands full as the head of the support team married, mom, the great employee. she can handle anything they need even if she is tired.

But everyone has a breaking point so when she ahs a moment of rage and one moment seems to work for her she says it just uncovers the truth.

But problems keep coming up and her people are unraveling she gets her revenge but then everything starts happening to quick and out of her control.

When a detective shows up she realizes that she has lost control and someone else is controlling everything.

Erin has to protect her family how far will she go to keep them safe.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[karin whitehead]

Erin is the perfect Mother and wife. She works a full time job, takes her two kids to school and picks them up. Her home is always kept tidy. But something is about to change. When Jack is wrongly suspended for three days. Anger gets to Erin and Mama sets the records straight without showing herself. She has a power to make things happen. But some has noticed. A fast paced well developed story, great characters, all around fun reaf with surprises!

[Roger]

I Took Care of It: A Dark Domestic Psychological Thriller, my fifth psychological thriller about consequences from author Paige Monroe. “I received a complimentary Kindle copy of this book & am reading it & voluntarily leaving a review." The gifting of this book did not affect my opinion of it. I'll be reading more from this author as they're published. (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 - July 24, 2018).

[Paulette]

Do two (or many) wrongs make a right?
Erin Pruitt is a “doer” She misses nothing and sees everything.
She is someone all of us could wish we were perhaps at one time in our life.
That is until it gets dangerous.
A fascinating, suspenseful book that kept me focused on reading till the very satisfying conclusion.

[Debra Tunnicliffe]

Gripping story following Erin a mom, wife an employee who always handles problems until one moment she loses her patience and then she realises someone is making things right and increasing the stakes and hurting people.

Loved the main character Erin and the decisions she made would highly recommend.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

[Mandy]

What starts with quiet frustrations grows into something far more layered than I expected. The characters felt believable, the tension steadily built, and I couldn’t wait to see how everything would unravel. Dark, unsettling, and filled with moral gray areas, this psychological thriller had me questioning every choice right to the end.

[Kenneth Lingenfelter]

Erin Pruitt is a wife and mother who normally goes with the flow. Until she decides to right some wrongs and things turn ugly. The damage begins to spread with someone unknown is helping Erin. A very suspense filled psychological thriller.

[linda taylor]

pretty good read

Dragged a bit in beginning. Mom s mundane life and how to make things even.
Got pretty good towards the end, couldn’t stop reading till the end.
I love happy endings.

[Bea]

If anything is unputdownable it's this. It grabs you right from the start and keeps hold of you until the end

[Sammye]

This book grabbed my attention from the first chapter! It was hard to put down. It’s a very interesting psychological thriller. I really enjoyed it. I am voluntarily leaving this review.

[Shannon]

Interesting. 3+

[Patricia Coll]

I had my suspicions

Very good read, I was guessing who was the culprit halfway through the book.
Really enjoyed reading it.
Paige Monroe is one to watch! Great Author

[Debbie]

Really enjoyed this book. Even though it is fiction, it demonstrated the power of postings on the internet and the ramifications that can follow.

[Tammy]

This grabbed me from the very beginning. You are being told the story by Erin. She is married with 2 kids and works hard at her job. She is going through menopause with hot flashes,etc. she is telling you her life and what she thinks people think of her. She is making a list of people who have wronged her but what will she do now. Well done!

[Sandi Fletcher]

This was a very good book. The ending was a total surprise. Many twists along the way. I received this as an ARC.