Author: Caro Claire Burke

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 9 April 2026 by Harpercollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 400 pages
162 x 243 x 38 | 618g

‘EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS BOOK’ BELLA MACKIE

‘NIGHTMARISH, SHOCKING, BRILLIANT’

STYLIST

‘THE BOOK THAT WILL BE EVERYWHERE’

INDEPENDENT

‘INTELLIGENT, INCISIVE, INSANELY READABLE’ JENNIE GODFREY

‘BOLD, BITING. WILL LEAVE YOU GASPING’ NITA PROSE

WICKEDLY FUNNY, FRIGHTENINGLY PERCEPTIVE’ ABIGAIL DEAN

‘My name is Natalie Heller Mills, and I was perfect at being alive’

Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle and has the social media accounts to prove it. Her charming farmhouse on her working ranch is artfully cluttered, her husband is a handsome cowboy, her homemade sourdough boules are each more beautiful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers and industrial-grade ovens behind the scenes? What Natalies followers dont know wont hurt them.

Then, one morning, Natalie wakes up in a strange, horrible version of reality. Her home, her husband, her childrentheyre all familiar, but somethings off. Is this a hoax? A reality show? A test from God? Natalie knows just two things for sure: this isn’t her perfect life, and she must escape, by any means possible.

NOW BEING ADAPTED INTO A MAJOR FILM STARRING ANNE HATHAWAY

‘INVENTIVE, ADDICTIVE, A WILD RIDE’ ASHLEY AUDRAIN

‘SHOT THROUGH WITH HUMOUR, LACED WITH DARKNESS’ CLARE MACKINTOSH

‘THE STEPFORD WIVES MEETS THE HANDMAID’S TALE’ HANNAH DEITCH