Publication Date: September 10, 2026
My life is perfect. Bad things don’t happen to me. So why has someone taken my daughter?
I thought I was the luckiest woman alive. I have a loving husband, who supports me in everything I do. A beautiful home, with comfy couches and art taped to the fridge. And Stella—my kind, gentle daughter. I’ve fought so hard for this life, and every day I’m grateful for it.
So it hits me like lightning, the moment I see my nanny stumbling towards me, blood drying on her forehead. She was attacked. Stella is gone.
The world spins. I fight to breathe. This can’t happen to me. Not now.
I thought it couldn’t get any worse, but as I sit in a daze on Stella’s bed, my eye falls on a stuffed cat, threadbare from cuddling, that I thought I’d never see again. My blood freezes. Because now I know who did this, and they won’t rest till my perfect life comes tumbling down.
But they don’t know how hard I’ll fight to protect myself, my daughter—and my secrets…
A gasp-out-loud psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Not My Mother, with a twist you’ll never see coming. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Lucy Foley and Gillian Flynn.
Influencer Megan Thorne invites the world into her carefully curated life as a mother, only to get caught up in a nightmare.
Author Miranda Smith serves up a psychological thriller in A Perfect Mother. Full of unexpected twists and turns, this story reveals jaw-dropping secrets.
Six-year-old Stella shines in her mother’s spotlight, serving as a beacon of sponsor-driven benefits while being overseen by two nannies. When Stella is kidnapped, Megan’s world implodes.
As the police investigate, secrets from the past emerge that shift the narrative unexpectedly. Told in alternating viewpoints between Megan and the kidnapper, the end result is jaw-dropping.
A Perfect Mother delivers a fast-paced story highlighting a mother’s nightmare.
Miranda Smith writes psychological and domestic suspense. She is drawn to stories about ordinary people in extraordinary situations. Before completing her first novel, she worked as a newspaper staff writer and a secondary English teacher. She lives in East Tennessee with her husband and three young children.
