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Someone inside your house wants you dead, but no one believes you…

Joanne knows how lucky she is. Richard is a wonderful husband, Evie is the most gorgeous baby girl, they live in a beautiful house… Life couldn’t be better.

Until Richard’s twenty-year-old daughter Chloe turns up. Chloe hasn’t spoken to her father since the day he married Joanne two years ago. But Chloe wants to make peace. She’ll even move in for a few weeks to help Joanne with the new baby.

It sounds perfect, but when things happen that make Joanne feel like she’s losing her mind, she begins to wonder: Is Chloe really here to help? Or has Joanne made a terrible mistake by letting her move in?

And is it too late to ask her to leave?

Perfect for fans of Frieda McFadden, Sue Watson and Shalini Boland, Don’t Let Her Stay is a totally addictive psychological thriller with a twist that will shock you!

I will join!

9% (view spoiler)[ While I get Richard getting upset about hearing about another man, not on that level. Not getting that mad. That's a red flag. (hide spoiler)]

22% (view spoiler)[ Ahh, yes. The teenagery adult, because she's definitely acting like she's more in her teens than almost 21, going to make Joanne think she's going crazy and definitely turn her father against his wife.. The dog is going to turn up missing, things will be deleted or done to the laptop.. (hide spoiler)]

27% (view spoiler)[ Ugh. Here it goes. (hide spoiler)]

Krystal wrote: "9% [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[I totally agree! Especially since it’s okay for him to talk to his ex? I don’t trust Richard, at all.
This is a nice read so far. Also, my own baby daughter is five months old, so the MC is very relatable :) (hide spoiler)]

Krystal wrote: "22% [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[I am also concerned about the dog. And it is a bit predictable at the moment, isn’t it? I just wonder how Richard’s part will play out. I don’t like him. (hide spoiler)]

75% (view spoiler)[everyone in the reviews says she’s dumb and stupid and all, but she’s the one that realizes Chloe is wrong wrong. Now she just needs to get proof and do more about it. (hide spoiler)]

Brigia wrote: "Krystal wrote: "9% [spoilers removed]"

I totally agree! Especially since it’s okay for him to talk to his ex? I don’t trust Richard, at all.
This is a nice read so far. Also, my own baby daughter..."

(view spoiler)[ Awwwww!!! And yeah, now having read more Richard is ridiculous and a terrible husband for treating his wife like this. (hide spoiler)]

Brigia wrote: "Krystal wrote: "22% [spoilers removed]"

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(view spoiler)[ So worried about Oscar!! On pins and needles about the dog, lol. (hide spoiler)]

86 (view spoiler)[ Haha, okay, you got me. I should have known- it’s always the husband in these books. Seriously I’ve read so many that I should have seen it. (hide spoiler)]

93 % (view spoiler)[ I love that they are actually caring about Oscar- getting him out of the house and calling for him, Chloe caring. (hide spoiler)]

97% (view spoiler)[I suspected that Chloe was an excellent actor when Richard came outside and she killed him. While this book was predictable because each twist was, it was still a good read. (hide spoiler)]

Finished (view spoiler)[ No! The ending! Hated the cut off. Would love a sequel where Evie is a little older. (hide spoiler)]

Krystal wrote: "Finished [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[I'm so confused! I never totally bought that she was only acting for Jo's and Evie's own good, because that would have been a very weird way to go about it. But Richard behaved so strangely that it also wasn't too difficult to believe he was evil. That lie about the dead business partner who isn't actually dead, though - that was stupid, wasn't it? He even lives in the area, Jo could have learned about him at any time.
I feel like I have to go back and re-read everything. I'm not quite sure it adds up lol (hide spoiler)]

Brigia wrote: "Krystal wrote: "Finished [spoilers removed]"

I'm so confused! I never totally bought that she was only acting for Jo's and Evie's own good, because that would have been a very weird way to go abou..."

(view spoiler)[Definitely agree with all of that! I guess the book did a good job of making us question ourselves! (hide spoiler)]

Krystal wrote: "9% [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[Really typical red flag, and how he bought the flowers the next day. He knew too that it wasn't okay to act like that (hide spoiler)]

Brigia wrote: "Krystal wrote: "9% [spoilers removed]"..."

(view spoiler)[That's the strangest thing with this kind of people: they don't accept others to do things that they themselves do (hide spoiler)]

Johanna wrote: "Krystal wrote: "9% [spoilers removed]"

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Exactly!!

Chapter 6
So I started this today. It's really late, I know. But oo y'all, idk how I feel about Rich. The jealousy stuff is ALWAYS a red flag to me

Chapter 9
I do not like Chloe and her vibe. I am side eying her and Rich HEAVY

Krystal wrote: "22% [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[I hate if the dog turns up missing!! (hide spoiler)]

Johanna wrote: "Krystal wrote: "22% [spoilers removed]"

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No, because why was I thinking the SAME EXACT thing

Lowkey this book is driving me insane because the amount of gaslighting that is happening is actually insane. Richard is not a good person

85% of the way done.
I still do not trust Chloe. something is just not sitting right with me about all that she is doing currently and Joanne still doesn't seem to anything smart

Krystal wrote: "93 % [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[I was so worried for him!! (hide spoiler)]

Stacey wrote: "Lowkey this book is driving me insane because the amount of gaslighting that is happening is actually insane. Richard is not a good person"

That definitely was frustrating to read 🤣

Johanna wrote: "Stacey wrote: "Lowkey this book is driving me insane because the amount of gaslighting that is happening is actually insane. Richard is not a good person"

That definitely was frustrating to read 🤣"

Yea like I was not happy with the heavy gaslighting in the book. It was lowkey triggering. But this book was very annoying lowkey because of it. Every character except for Oscar got on my nerves