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DREANWIVES
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Pub date: TBC 2026
Word count: approx. 87,000 words
Think the wit of Marian Keyes, the warmth of Beth O’Leary, and the suburban bite of Liane Moriarty!
When two enterprising women hit the financial skids, they cook up a business to make money from the wife-work they've been doing for decades. But will their labour of love be too hot to handle?
Middle-aged housewife Katrina Webb, dumped by her husband and suddenly broke, meets her old friend Michelle Redlin-Wu, who looks after her elderly father and has just been laid off. Over a stolen bottle of champagne, they decide that people should pay for the domestic and emotional work women have largely shouldered for centuries, and their business is born.
Dreamwives aren't cleaners or nannies or housekeepers - they create warm and inviting homes by cooking dinner, leaving the bathroom clean (and just a little bit used), and listening to their clients unload. This is extreme customer service - no sex included.
It seems to be a winning formula, until Michelle starts falling for a client, and Katrina finds herself at the centre of a very public scandal. Can they really get paid for the work that so many women do for free, or are they flushing their lives away? This fast-paced romp will make you laugh, shout and cry ... And make you forget about your To-Do list for a while.
Why this book?
Fresh, high-concept premise with instant appeal
Katrina and Michelle aren’t picture-perfect heroines. They’re flawed, funny, and deeply relatable — readers will see themselves in their setbacks and cheer for their comebacks.
At its heart, this is a story about resilience. It’s about women who rebuild when life knocks them down — personally, professionally, and emotionally.
Celebrates women’s skills, savvy, and solidarity, especially in roles society too often undervalues.
Sharp banter, witty dialogue, and laugh-out-loud scenes keep the story fun and fast-paced.
Skewers suburban pretensions, school-gate politics, and corporate absurdities while staying warmly entertaining
From ageism to gender roles to the invisible labour of homemakers, the book weaves in commentary that feels sharp yet accessible.
CLAIRE NOVAK IS ...
Catherine 'Claire' Jinks has published 53 books in a dozen countries. Catherine is a four-time winner of the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year award, and has also won a Victorian Premier’s Literature Award, the Adelaide Festival Award for Literature, the Ena Noel Award for Children’s Literature and an Aurealis Award for Science Fiction. Her work has been published in North America, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, France, Portugal, Poland and Russia.
Alexa 'Novak' Moses graduated with a Master's degree in screenwriting from the Australian Film Television and Radio school, thinking she wanted to write comedy, but got a job as a journalist at the Sydney Morning Herald instead. In 2007, she won the Varuna HarperCollins fellowship for her first manuscript and now spends most of her time writing books for children
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