Playing House

Creating perfect worlds for perfect families is what you do. At the age of 40, you are an expert. Until one day the past turns up at your freshly painted front door. And the future you have carefully constructed for you and your family flees out the back. Designing elaborate miniature doll's house worlds at her quaint, Arundel shop and applying the same principles to her own family of four is Juniper Hope's antidote to her deeply buried past. When the mysterious Ros's unexpected arrival exposes layers of old secrets and Hope's daughter Maddie faces the unthinkable in her first weeks at uni, Hope's perfect family implodes.

As her family falls apart around her, Hope is left with Ros. Just like before. But nobody knows exactly what Ros wants. Or why she has come back. How will Hope's perfect family look when the dust finally settles?

"The imagery of the doll's house as the story unfolds is sheer inspiration..."

"Drawn in from the start, I couldn't put it down."

"Playing House captures the raw complexity of humanity. How we are shaped by our past, our experiences, our choices, our struggles, and our desires."

"Playing House is a testament to hope and resilience even in our darkest moments."