#The Safe Place #Anna Downes # Minotaur Books I received this novel as an ARC in exchange for my honest opinion. This novel was an enjoyable story that unfolds at an even pace. It is full of enchanting but broken characters. At the beginning Emily's life is falling apart. She just can't seem to do anything right and nothing is coming together until her ex-boss, Scott Denny, offers her a position helping out at their family estate in the French countryside. Emily jumps at the opportunity and thinks she has died and gone to heaven when given a credit card, a home and a car in exchange for helping Scotts' wife Nina and their young daughter, Aurelia. As time unfolds and relationships grow, not all is at it seems. There are little cracks that show what is just below the surface of both the estate and the people living there. I don't want to give too much away so I will end this with saying it had a unexpected twist at the end.