The Nice Guy

Laura is caught in a crush of people on Brooklyn Bridge when a stranger named Ethan pulls her clear. The meeting feels like fate. They spend one night together, and Laura becomes pregnant, which her history of fertility struggles had made close to impossible.

Ethan at first seems devoted. Gradually his attention hardens into obsession: what began as questions turns into demands, and his care into control. Laura slowly sees that the father of her son is not the nice guy he appeared to be.

This is a domestic thriller told around a single threat inside a family. Laura has a child to protect, and Ethan has no intention of letting either of them leave his life. The pacing is tense and fast, and the unease comes from watching affection turn into possession.

The question driving the book is how far Ethan will go to keep what he believes is his, and what Laura must do to keep her son out of his reach.