Mother May I

pstrongNATIONAL BESTSELLER/strong/ppstrong“A finely paced, shrewdly observed, multi-tiered story . . . A thinking (and feeling) reader’s thriller.” –emWall Street Journal/em /strong/ppstrong"Chilling, thought-provoking, and hauntingly written, emMother May I/em kept me on the edge of my seat with its breathless race against time." — Megan Miranda, emNew York Times/em bestselling author of emThe Girl from Widow Hills/em/strong/ppstrongRecommended by Buzzfeed /strong• strongemParade /em/strong• strongemCountry Living /em/strong• strongemAtlanta Journal-Constitution /em/strong• strongemAugusta Chronicle/em/strong • strongThe Nerd Daily /strong• strongShe Reads • BookBub/strong • strongand more!/strong/ppstrongThe emNew York Times/em bestselling author of the critically acclaimed emNever Have I Ever /emreturns with an even more addictive novel of domestic suspense in which a mother must decide how far she is willing to go to protect her child and the life she loves—an unforgettable tale of power, privilege, lies, revenge, and the choices we make, ones that transform our lives in unforeseen ways./strong/ppemRevenge doesn’t wait for permission./em/ppGrowing up poor in rural Georgia, Bree Cabbat was warned that the world was a dark and scary place. Bree rejected that fearful outlook, and life has proved her right. Having married into a family with wealth, power, and connections, Bree now has all a woman could ever dream of./ppUntil the day she awakens and sees someone peering into her bedroom window—an old gray-haired woman dressed all in black who vanishes as quickly as she appears. It must be a play of the early morning light or the remnant of a waking dream, Bree tells herself, shaking off the bad feeling that overcomes her./ppLater that day though, she spies the old woman again, in the parking lot of her daugh­ters’ private school . . . just minutes before Bree’s infant son, asleep in his car seat only a few feet away, vanishes. It happened so quickly—Bree looked away only for a second. There is a note left in his place, warning her that she is being watched; if she wants her baby back, she must not call the police or deviate in any way from the instructions that will follow./ppThe mysterious woman makes contact, and Bree learns she, too, is a mother. Why would another mother do this? What does she want? And why has she targeted Bree? Of course Bree will pay anything, do anything. It’s her child./ppTo get her baby back, Bree must complete one small—but critical—task. It seems harmless enough, but her action comes with a devastating price. /ppBree will do whatever it takes to protect her family—embut what if the cost tears their world apart?/em/p