Review of Playing Nice by JP Delaney

 I received a copy of this title via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own. 

What if you found out that your family isn't yours at all? How far would you go to protect them? A gripping new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The Girl Before. . . .

Pete Riley answers the door one morning and lets in a parent's worst nightmare. On his doorstep is Miles Lambert, a stranger who breaks the devastating news that Pete's son, Theo, isn't actually his son--he is the Lamberts', switched at birth by an understaffed hospital while their real son was sent home with Miles and his wife, Lucy. For Pete, his partner Maddie, and the little boy they've been raising for the past two years, life will never be the same again.

The two families, reeling from the shock, take comfort in shared good intentions, eagerly entwining their very different lives in the hope of becoming one unconventional modern family. But a plan to sue the hospital triggers an official investigation that unearths some disturbing questions about the night their children were switched. How much can they trust the other parents--or even each other? What secrets are hidden behind the Lamberts' glossy front door? Stretched to the breaking point, Pete and Maddie discover they will each stop at nothing to keep their family safe.

They are done playing nice.

My Review:

5 Stars

You hear about babies being switched at birth every now and then. Parents swear that don't know how they could have gone with this unnoticed for so long. They swear that they would know their child anywhere. It happens though. The wrong baby being sent home with the wrong parents. Those parents raising the child without a hint of knowing the truth. That is until you open your front door one morning and it slaps you in the face. That's exactly what happens to poor Pete. 

After opening that Pandora's box what follows is quite maddening. Everything is being turned around to make Maddie and Pete look unfit to parent either child in question. Secrets that shouldn't matter are being unearthed and used against each party. And most of all the children could be in danger and not even know it. 

A slippery slope between what's right and what needs to be done.