“It starts out feeling pretty light and fun, but I promise you, you have no idea where this story is going.” - Taylor Jenkins Reid, recommended for her Must-Read Book of 2025 in TIME MagazineAn insanely competitive housing market. A desperate buyer on the edge. In Marisa Kashino's darkly hilarious debut novel, Best Offer Wins, the white picket fence becomes the ultimate symbol of success--and obsession. How far would you go for the house of your dreams? Eighteen months and 11 lost bidding wars into house-hunting in the overheated Washington, DC suburbs, 37-year-old publicist Margo Miyake gets a tip about the perfect house, in the perfect neighborhood, slated to come up for sale in one month. Desperate to escape the cramped apartment she shares with her husband Ian -- and in turn, get their marriage, plan to have a baby, and whole life back on track -- Margo becomes obsessed with buying the house before it's publicly listed and the masses descend (with unbeatable, all-cash offers in han
