by Kiley Reid
First published 2025
Alix Chamberlain is a PR maven married to a rising politician. When she hires the charming Emira Tucker as a nanny, a tense, unsettling relationship develops. As Emira navigates the fraught world of childcare and respectability politics, a single night out with Alix's daughter unleashes a cascade of damaging secrets and lies. A razor-sharp exploration of race, class, and the sometimes-undefinable nature of love and friendship.
Genres: literary-fiction, domestic-fiction, contemporary, social-issues, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, tense-relationship
416 pages · Paperback · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Content warnings: racism, sexism