madeline stevens

The novel follows Ella, a broke young woman hired as a nanny for an Upper East Side family who becomes drawn into an intense, mutual obsession with the child's mother as she is pulled into their moneyed world.

The book is 304 pages long and is available in paperback format.

It’s classified under Fiction/Literature with a psychological sub-genre.

Recommended for adult readers — suggested age: 22 years and up.

The paperback measures 7.9 inches (H) x 5.2 inches (W) x 0.9 inches (D) and weighs 0.45 pounds.

Reviewers highlight intense tension and fast-paced drama, describing the book as “riveting, propulsive, and startling” and calling it a page-turner with a strong sense of menace.

The author is Madeline Stevens and the book is in English.

The story is driven by mutual obsession, jealousy, and desire between the protagonist and the mother who hires her, alongside friendship, betrayal, and a class-based power imbalance.