An emotionally charged domestic suspense novel about a hospital baby swap, motherhood and the ties that make a family, perfect for readers of Liane Moriarty, Lisa Jewell and Shari Lapena.
What would you do if the child you raised wasn't yours?
Alison Mitchell knows how lucky she is. She has a happy marriage to Jeff, the comfortable home she always dreamed of and Katherine, their brilliant, vivacious fifteen-year-old daughter. Katherine isn't simply part of Alison's world; she is its centre.
A stranger arrives at their door with an unthinkable claim. Genetic testing has revealed that his teenage daughter, Olivia, isn't biologically related to him or his recently deceased wife. Both girls were born at the same hospital within days of each other.
A DNA test confirms the impossible: the babies were switched.
Now two families must decide what being a parent truly means. Alison is desperate to protect the daughter she raised, but meeting the child she gave birth to awakens feelings she cannot ignore. As love, loyalty and biology pull them in opposing directions, the family Alison fought so hard to build begins to fracture.
Does a mother's heart belong to the child she bore or the one she raised?
The Stranger in My Home is a gripping domestic psychological thriller for readers of Lisa Jewell and Shari Lapena, built around a devastating switched-at-birth revelation and one mother's struggle to understand what truly makes a family.
