The Happy Family
I fixate on the photograph—a snapshot of a sun-drenched afternoon in the park. We look radiant, a picture-perfect family of four. But a mere month after that shutter clicked, my entire world was decimated.
Now, I watch from the shadows as they stroll through those same woods: my handsome husband, my darling daughter, and my sweet son. They aren't alone. She is there, seamlessly stepping into my life and playing house with the people I love. She stole them, piece by piece.
She believes I’m gone for good.
She’s wrong.
I’m coming for my family—and I’m coming for her.
- Luna - Reid’s girlfriend
- Reid - Sadie’s ex-husband, Luna’s boyfriend
- Sadie - Reid’s ex-wife
- Arthur - Reid and Sadie’s son, 9
- Ruby - Reid and Sadie’s daughter, 5
- Gemma - Reid’s former fling
- Jude - Luna and Reid’s newborn
- Jack - Prison guard, Gemma’s lover
- Landon - Sadie’s former boss
- Sadie goes to Reid’s house to confront Luna.
- Sadie attacks Luna and then trips on the stairs and hits her head.
- Sadie is put into an induced coma.
- Nine months later: Luna gives birth to a boy named Jude.
- The family moves to a new house.
- Gemma sends Jack to warn Reid that Luna could be behind Gemma’s imprisonment and Sadie’s coma.
- Sadie wakes up and tells the doctors she lost her short term memory, but it’s a lie so Luna will think she is not a threat.
- Gemma is brought to the hospital to say goodbye to her dying mother.
- Luna kills Gemma’s police escort by stabbing her with a needle, then kills Gemma the same way before slamming her head against a wall.
- Jack reaches out to Sadie and they decide to take Luna down together.
- Sadie gets Arthur and Ruby to hide a camera in their kitchen, then gets Luna to confess to her crimes in front of it while Jack watches the footage from the car.
- Luna tries to run, gets hit by a police car, and dies.
- One month later: Reid is coming to terms with being a single father to three kids.
- Sadie goes on a date with Landon.
Daniel Hurst absolutely stuck the landing with this one! The Happy Family started off by seamlessly catching me up on the previous drama without that typical "info-dump" feel.
By jumping between the perspectives of Sadie, Luna, Reid, and Gemma, the momentum stayed high and the short chapters made it nearly impossible to put down. I loved seeing the new extremes Luna went to in order to hold onto her "happy family," but Sadie was the standout—a fierce, relentless force. Her complete turnaround from the broken person she was in ‘I Stole Your Family’ was so fun to see. After everything these characters had been through during the series, the ending felt exactly right.
- Gemma - Dead - Killed by Luna
- Luna - Dead - Hit by a police car
- Reid - Alive - Exhausted but happy father of three children
- Sadie - Alive - Happy to have her family back
- Murder
Publisher: Bookouture
ISBN: 9781807222024
Publication Date: April 20, 2026
Note: Details are for the original edition. Other formats, editions, and audiobook versions may be available.
