The Perfect Home

A reality TV couple falls apart in Kenitz’s wickedly entertaining debut. Wyatt Decker is the charming star of Nashville-set home renovation show The Perfect Home. A consummate professional on set, Wyatt hopes to match his sterling work reputation with a picture-perfect home life. After the network hires Dawn Fremont to join him in front of the camera, the two fall in love, leading to a sharp ratings boost, and eventually a wedding. When the couple learns that Wyatt has fertility issues, he quietly turns to black market treatments. The good news: the drugs work, and Dawn gets pregnant with twins. The bad news: Wyatt becomes sullen, surly, and unpredictable, causing Dawn to question whether the drugs have permanently altered his personality. After Dawn gives birth and discovers evidence that Wyatt is drawing up a plan to put the family in danger for another ratings boost, she attempts to disappear with the twins. Wyatt, however, goes straight to the press, framing Dawn as an unstable threat to the children. Soon, the entire country is against her, and she has to turn to unexpected allies for help. Sharp, unpredictable, and chock-full of suspense, this domestic thriller expertly toys with readers’ sympathies. Agent: Ronald Gerber, Lowenstein Assoc. (Jan.)