The Perfect Family

Name: The Perfect Family
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Lorna Dounaeva
ISBN: 9781666620542

Author: Lorna Dounaeva

Narrator: Jilly Bond

Unabridged: 7 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 11/08/2022

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Psychological, Women

Synopsis

For Victoria, image is everything, and on the surface, she has it all: a big house, a successful husband, and two beautiful children. But behind the scenes, things are very different. Victoria and her husband have a dark secret, and she lives in terror of it being discovered—of her perfect façade being shattered forever. Under massive stress, but still desperately trying to keep up appearances, her family is falling apart: her husband Kit is unable to work, her teenage daughter Anna grows ever more rebellious, and her nine-year-old, Joey, seems increasingly different from other kids. Victoria realizes she has to act now or she will lose everything. And that’s when she has to ask herself how far she's willing to go and how much she's willing to do to preserve her perfect family. The answer is beyond shocking, and it will plunge them all into a nightmare from which they may never wake....

About Lorna Dounaeva

Lorna Dounaeva worked for the British Home Office before turning to crime fiction. She loves books and films with strong female characters; her influences include Single White Female and Sleeping with the Enemy. She lives in Surrey with her husband and three children, who keep her busy wiping food off the ceiling and removing mints from USB sockets. For more information, visit LornaDounaeva.com.

About Jilly Bond

Jilly Bond studied English & drama at Bristol University. She has more than thirty years of experience acting on stage, for television and film, and for radio and audiobooks. When not acting or voice acting, she can be found teaching, directing, or producing. The critically acclaimed winner of two Earphones Awards, she has recorded more than a hundred audiobooks.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie (JuJu) on May 08, 2022

This book wastes no time getting down to business. The impressive, spine-tingling Prologue has to be one of the best I’ve read! I wish all books sucked me in this quickly. Victoria has the perfect family. She and her husband—Kit—work very hard to keep it that way and she won’t let anyone ruin it. You......more

Goodreads review by Landa on February 10, 2025

I enjoyed it overall......more

Goodreads review by Danielle on April 27, 2022

This is a great slow burn domestic drama. After a short opening in which we witness an accident, we meet the family we will actually be following. Victoria is the matriarch of the story. She didn't start out with much and she and her husband Kit have worked their way up. She takes a lot of pride in a......more

Goodreads review by this_cat_lady_reads on November 08, 2022

The story is about a family of four. Mother Victoria, father Kit and kids Anna (14) and Joey (9). We are shown a family that has a good life, but nothing is good enough for Victoria. Victoria wants more than life has given her and wants more for her kids than she had. I can’t understand why this is......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on June 12, 2022

What a brilliant book Really disliked Victoria. Everything had to be her way. Loved it......more