The House Mate- Nina Manning-womens fiction

Regi, not her real name, lives with her three student housemates in London. She is older

than them and a mature student. She has OCD and a past. We get occasional glimpses

of this in alternating chapters/sections of her past life and what she has been running

from. In the present she often sees a man in a baseball cap and keeps getting telephone

calls- she knows the number and doesn't answer them. We also know that she had a

child and an abusive partner- but not what happened to either of them. She is now

occupying her spare time refurbishing the summerhouse in the garden and following

a cleaning woman on instagram- cleanstagram (new to me!) to try and ward off her

OCD as the pictures posted are of wonderful tidy and clean rooms- something that

is second nature to Regi. There is something oddly compelling about reading this

and I couldn't help but feel for Regi. Her heart was in the right place and it was as

if she was in search of something- something she didn't quite know what. A very

different interesting read which I really enjoyed. 

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The House Mate The perfect life? ...Or the perfect lie? When Regi moves into her new house share, she's ready for a clean slate. A new home. A new routine. A new identity... Desperate to escape the shadow of her past that follows her everywhere she goes, Regi finds the

ideal distraction in the perfect lives of others on social media. But as innocent scrolling turns into an unhealthy obsession, Regi will soon learn that seeking perfection comes at a price... A gripping psychological suspense from the international bestselling author of The Daughter In Law. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, K L Slater and Jackie Kabler. Purchase Link - https://amzn.to/3a12zLN

Author Bio – Nina Manning studied psychology and was a restaurant-owner and private chef (including to

members of the royal family). She is the founder and co-host of Sniffing The Pages, a book

review podcast. Her debut psychological thriller, The Daughter in Law, was a bestseller in

the UK, US, Australia and Canada. She lives in Dorset. Social Media Links – Newsletter: http://bit.ly/NinaManningNewsletter Website: https://www.ninamanningauthor.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ninamanningauthor1/ Twitter @ https://twitter.com/ninamanning78 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ninamanning_author/ YouTube: https://youtu.be/6-s3uIGpNUo Podcast: Podcast: www.anchor.fm/ninamanning Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/nina-manning