title: The Perfect Mother: A Novel
author:  Aimee Molloy 
description: <strong>A most anticipated thriller of the season: Vanity Fair, Pop Sugar, Goodreads, The Cut | A New York Post Must-Read | One of Vanity Fairs Smartest and Most Innovative Thrillers of Summer | A USA Today Book You Wont Want to Miss| An Indie Next Pick | A Library Reads Pick| A Kirkus Best Book of 2018 </strong><strong>| A New York Public Library Best Book of 2018 | A Bustle Gift Guide Pick | A<em> Kirkus</em> Best Thriller of 2018</strong> ()<br /><br />I was hooked ... and stayed up late to finish. What do you call a book like that? Oh yeah: a page turner. And its a rare and wonderful thing. (<em>New York Times Book Review</em>)<br /><br />An electrifying thrillerand a subtle, savvy skewering of the endless expectations of modern motherhood. (<em>People</em>, Book of the Week)<br /><br />Whip-smart.... Very much in the mold of recent best-sellers like <em>The Girl on the Train </em>and The Woman in the Window, but its also a sharply drawn take on the cult of modern parenting and the particular pressure women facefrom within and withoutto pull it all off, flawlessly. (<em>Entertainment Weekly</em>)<br /><br />A gripping page turner that explores the pressures of modern motherhood, as well as a mothers absolute worst nightmare.I could not be prouder to be bringing this thriller to the big screen. (Kerry Washington)<br /><br />A desperate, thrilling mystery that youll think you have all figured out  until you realize you dont. (<em>Marie Claire</em>)<br /><br />A riveting psychological thriller that takes a sharp, insightful look at motherhood, <em>The Perfect Mother</em> explores the pressures, the hopes, the fears, and the secrets between a group of friends who realize how little they know one another when a crisis strikes. A fast-paced, twisty, engrossing readI loved it! (Megan Miranda, author of <em>All the Missing Girls</em>)<br /><br />A fresh addition to the psycho-thriller shelf. (<em>Washington Post</em>, 6 Beach Reads That Will Bring You More Pleasure than Guilt)<br /><br />Utterly page-turning. (<em>Parade</em>)<br /><br />Molloy, a master of clever misdirection, deftly explores the expectations, insecurities, and endless judgement that accompany motherhood in this fast-paced thriller featuring a bevy of strong, smart, and realistically flawed women who, refreshingly, have each others backs when it counts the most. Mesmerizing. (<em>Kirkus Reviews</em> (starred))
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  LADY  
  CHARLOTTE’S MARQUESS
  
  By Fiona Miers
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Dedication:
  
  To my mother.
  
  The most beautiful woman I know.
  
  An amazing example of what a wife,
  
  Friend, mother, and grandmother should be.
  
  I’m honored to be your daughter.
  
  Copyright © 2016 Fiona Miers
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  ISBN:B01EHBNBBM
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Acknowledgments:
  
  Maria Perry Mohan - my beautiful editor.
  
  Thank you so much for helping me polish up this manuscript so that I can
  FINALLY launch it onto the world. After five years and being thrown around by
  the publishing world- Charlotte and Archie are finally ready to be read.
  
  Jess Buffett- my talented cover artist.
  
  Thank you for my beautiful cover. Perfect as always.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Prologue
  
  Ten years earlier
  
  “Your father wishes to see you Archibald,” the Marchioness of Hunting
  announced to the quiet room in which they sat, her red-rimmed eyes puffy and
  fragile looking.
  
  Archie’s once happy heart fell so low; he was surprised he couldn’t see i