Book Review: Who Loves You Best

While on vacation, I read a couple of really good books. The first is called "Who Loves You Best" by Tess Stimson. Here's the back cover synopsis:

An unforgettable story about the complex choices women make for love, motherhood, and family—and the unexpected events that open our hearts to what really matters in life.


Clare Elias feels more than ready to conquer being a parent. She’s already mastered the business world, running a flourishing chain of boutique flower shops. Her husband, Marc, is handsome, successful, supportive—and nearly a decade her junior. Clare is at the top of her game, so how hard can motherhood be?

Then the babies come—both of them. And Clare finds herself in the midst of the crisis faced by every woman who’s ever tried to Have It All. She’s sworn she won’t have her children raised by nannies the way her inattentive mother did, but when help arrives in the form of pretty, young, hyper efficient Jenna, Clare has no idea that bringing this stranger into her family will change everything. As Marc becomes distant and secretive and, worst of all, one of her babies gets sick, Clare—and Jenna—must make the kinds of heart wrenching decisions that no woman wants to face.

Wise, witty, and powerfully emotional, Who Loves You Best captures the working mother’s joys and frustrations—as well as the guilty secrets of nannies—in a tale that is surprising to the very end.

The beauty of this book is that it leaves you wanting more. When I finished, I wanted to know what happened next for each of the characters, especially Claire's brother Xan. I think Stimson does a wonderful job portraying the fear in new motherhood that Claire goes through. She juggles wanting to have a career, take care of her own children and the fear of leaving her kids with another woman. This is definitely a must read!