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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.


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...


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ISBN 9781835983560
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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.

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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!

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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!

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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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The perfect wife. The perfect life. The perfect nightmare.
A twisty, darkly comic thriller perfect for fans of Bella Mackie and Julie Cohen.

Couldn’t put the book down, it has twists and turns. It remind me of a creator on social media.

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