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The Perfect Mother

By: Caroline Mitchell
Narrated by: Alana Kerr Collins, Christina Traister
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She thought they wanted her baby. But they won’t stop there.

Roz is young, penniless and pregnant. All she wants is to be the perfect mother to her child, but the more she thinks about her own chaotic upbringing, the more certain she is that the best life for her baby is as far away as possible from her hometown in Ireland.

Determined to do the right thing, Roz joins an elite adoption service and can’t believe her luck. Within days she is jetting to New York to meet a celebrity power couple desperate for a child of their own. Sheridan and Daniel are wealthy and glamorous - everything Roz isn’t. Her baby will never go hungry, and will have every opportunity for the perfect life. But soon after Roz moves into their plush basement suite, she starts to suspect that something darker lurks beneath the glossy surface of their home.

When Roz discovers she isn’t the first person to move in with the couple, and that the previous woman has never been seen since, alarm bells start ringing. As the clock ticks down to her due date, Roz realises her unborn baby may be the only thing keeping her alive, and that despite her best intentions, she has walked them both into the perfect nightmare...

©2020 Caroline Mitchell (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved Crime Thrillers Domestic Thrillers Fiction Genre Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense

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I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this easy to follow tale. It wasn't complex so could be enjoyed while pottering around doing other activities. My complaint, which echoes others, is that the American narrator was so very hard to listen to. Accents are not her strong point. When she narrated the Irish female character, the accent went from Northern Irish, to Dublin, to Eastern European. And when she narrated the English husband - just awful. And her insistence of saying "French plates" instead of "French plaits". Are these productions not edited? The narrator who narrated for the Irish character was very good.

Surprisingly entertaining

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An ok book, was expecting more dramatic twists and turns but it never really peaked for me. Some of the accents are also very questionable!

Mediocre

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I half enjoyed this book but it did contain a fair bit of unbelievable events - saw twist a mile off, main female character too stupid to be likeable

Average

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So hard to describe this story without giving too much away. It was so surreal an American powerful celebrity couple wanted another child so they needed a surrogate. They advertised using fake names on a website and in their minds they wanted a girl next door and in steps a very naive young Irish woman Roz with a terrible upbringing due to her father leaving at a young age and her Mother turning to drink.

Roz has a friend Dymphna who has stuck by her through thick and thin. They loved their nights out getting drunk etc then Roz drops a bombshell she is pregnant. Roz will not reveal the identity of the father and she decides to go to America to give her baby a new home with this celebrity couple. Dymphna sees nothing but red flags and tries to persuade her not to go. Roz feels she has no choice and as Roz leaves for America Dymphna gives her a phone to hide just in case and Roz must use the word pickle and Dymphna will move hell on earth to get to her. Even tackling her fear of flying.

Luckily Dymphna’s Dad is a police detective which Dymphna May have to turn to him for help if needed.

Once Roz arrives very quickly she realises she is in deep trouble and her fave celebrity couple are no where near what she thought and worse is to come. Definitely worth a read.

Stars have a Dark Side

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Enjoyed the narration of the book except for the Irish accent which was awful 🥲 will try another book by the same author ✌️

Irish Accent

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This was a brilliantly wrote book. The accent some times dibbing In an out of weird accents. But apart from that. I finished it in 2 days x

Brilliant!! Accent a little of kilter.

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This was a slow starter. I almost gave up on it when all I was reading was about these self entitled celebrities but then it started to get interesting.
Roz wants what's best for her child and she thinks she had found the dream couple. But has she?

😮

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The story kept my attention but the narrator's attempt at the irish accent was dreadful.

Was that an Indian accent or an Irish accent...

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Great use of accents for relevant chapters. Very long story but kept you wanted to listen.

Tense

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Another corker of a story by Caroline Mitchell who I am a big fan of and I don't need to explain the plot but it was totally addictive from start to finish, a well crafted psychological thriller in which the suspense grows and grows. The character development is spot on; Roz, a naive young Irish woman who you cannot help feeling a little sorry for. All she wants is the best for her baby but from the moment Sheridan is introduced, there is a sense of impending doom. Sheridan is everything you loathe about rich, pampered American celebrities where image is all important. So when Roz signs a contract to give up her baby to this couple, little does she know she is about to fall into a terrifying trap and her life hangs in the balance. Some parts were predictable but having said that, I was a little sad when it ended because it was just so enjoyable!

A brilliant story with great characterisation

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