The Perfect Home [Large Print]

By Daniel Kenitz

Book Overview

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Fixer Upper meets Gone Girl in this suspenseful and witty domestic thriller set in the world of home renovation TV--featuring a woman who becomes public enemy #1 after a horrifying discovery prompts her to flee her celebrity husband with their twin babies.

Dawn Decker is an American everywoman and the salt to her husband Wyatt's sweet, media-friendly charm on their Tennessee-based home renovation reality TV show, The Perfect Home. While Dawn bristles at the trappings of their D-list celebrity status, Wyatt hungers for greater fame. The couple also faces infertility issues stemming from Wyatt's low sperm count. He secretly orders experimental fertility drugs, and they conceive, but his personality takes a dark turn--he becomes moody, withdrawn, and even cruel.

When Dawn discovers his horrifying plot to manufacture a tragedy in order to skyrocket their celebrity status, she takes their infant twins and goes on the run. Wyatt appears on national television to turn the public against her, painting Dawn as an unstable kidnapper suffering from postpartum psychosis. His charm is so compelling that even Dawn's closest friends doubt her. She will have to dig deep into the past--both hers and Wyatt's--to find allies, protect her children, and beat this beloved all-American celebrity at his own game.

Told in dual perspectives from both husband and wife, this smart, captivating, and twisty thriller is a fun, addictive read from the very first page.

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• Format: Library Binding
• Large Print: Yes
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420524658
• ISBN13: 9781420524659
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Crazy!

You can build the what looks like the perfect home but if it is built on a rotten foundation, it will not last. This story deals well with how tv personas may not be the truth, how social media and how charisma can sway the public to whatever story someone wants to portray, even if evidence might prove otherwise. This was a scary read because you can feel the powerlessness of Dawn when the nightmare of Wyatt happens and how quickly she is labeled crazy when she goes on the run to protect her twins and I did have to take a break from listening because it does get pretty dark, especially in feeling how everything goes against Dawn and even friends believe Wyatt. And I felt for Dawn, as she is not a fan of being in the public eye, (which I can understand!) which definitely gave Wyatt the advantage in this story. There are not really any twists, just a straight up thrilling slide from the "perfect" life with a hit house reno tv show and trying for a child to complete the American dream to an absolute nightmare complete with illegal drugs, life on the run (thank goodness for a few people that have Dawn's back no matter what social media is spewing!) and a crazy showdown, climax where everything is on the line. The narrators, Michael Crouch and Amanda Stribling, did a great job in bringing the sides of Dawn and Wyatt's battle to life and ramping up the tension and danger in this well done audiobook. Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to listen to this harrowing tale!