A review by nicolet2018
Woman on the Edge by Samantha M. Bailey

3.0

I thought the premise was intriguing.

The story switches between Morgan in the present and Nicole in the past, leading up to the day they meet on the train platform. Morgan is very confused when she is approached by Nicole, panicked and dishevelled.

She is then shocked when the former CEO of Breathe, an atheleisure brand (wow) knows her name, throws her baby at her and jumps infant of the incoming train. Morgan has alot on her plate as she heals from her husband's suicide after he embezzled many people, even the police and her family thought she was in on it. She is scrutinised again when Nicole's suicide is called into question.

Morgan starts to get threats and odd things happen to her. She pushes the advice of her lawyer and the police away while she tries to find out what happened to Nicole. I loved that Nicole started her brand from scratch but she struggled from guilt of a past accident. I felt like alot could have been sorted out if she had been honest with Tessa and Greg about Amanda the baby. I thought the culprit did not make sense.

The book was rather slow at the middle and sped up near the end. I felt like the author was rushing the ending. Even though Morgan and Ben bond together through their odd experiences, the romance was weird. I would have preferred to see them as friends. But then taking care of Quinn would not wrap as nicely as it did. The overall message seems to talk about motherhood and how tough it is for women to balance everything.

Granted, Nicole probably had post-partum depression and the medicine was not helping. She held so much in and in the end becomes too paranoid. Making Morgan, a stranger the executor of her will and guardian of her baby felt unbelievable. Morgan feeling so much for Quinn was unrealistic.

This started well, fizzled at the middle and picked up towards the end. An okay thriller.