The Trad Wife
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Pub Date 7 May 2026 | Archive Date 26 Apr 2026
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Description
The perfect wife. The perfect life. The perfect nightmare.
Faith is a beautiful 'trad wife' social media star with a beefcake husband, five cute kids and millions of followers of their picture-perfect life.
When they employ English content creator Melissa to promote their brand she has no idea what she has signed up for.
Behind the veneer of domestic bliss lies a nightmare - and she will be lucky to escape with her life.
A darkly comic crime novel, set in the world of influencers and trad wives.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781835983560 |
| PRICE | £4.99 (GBP) |
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Featured Reviews
Reviewer 862056
Thoroughly enjoyed the book! Had the right balance of humour and horrors helped by how fast paced the book was, Incredible world building and felt attached to all the characters - even the ones who you shouldn’t.
Zelda H, Reviewer
Absolutely devoured this! A gripping, thought-provoking read that kept me turning pages late into the night. Carrie Hughes has crafted something truly special here. 5 stars!
Marcia D, Reviewer
I love Carrie Hughes' novels, she's fastly became an auto read/buy author for me. The Trad Wife is excellently written and I love how I just fell into the storyline and was hooked. I love how she creates all her characters and makes them seem so realistic. The progression of the storyline was fantastic and I loved every minute of it!
Michelle M, Reviewer
This is my favorite of the many "trad wife" thrillers I've read so far. Faith, with her five children and daily sourdough bakes, is exactly what you'd expect a succesful influencer to be. Melissa, a social media manager with a podcast, want to get access to the perfect family so that she can expose their secrets. Which is pretty much the formula I've seen in these books so far -- except this time it works extremely well. There are layers of twists and revelations I didn't see coming. It doesn't start with the usual immediate premise that tradwives are to be despised (or at least disapproved of.) Instead, after a prologue that provides just a glimpse of how bad things are going to get, it gives us a look at Faith and her life and some chances to see her facade slip just a bit. And it builds from there.
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