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Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Book Spotlight: Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino

 












Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino
Publisher: Celadon Books
Publication Date: November 25, 2025
Format: Hardcover - 288 pages
               Paperback - 288 pages
               Audiobook - 8 Hours 38 Minutes
               Kindle - 275 pages / 3.9 MB
               Nook - 288 pages / 3 MB
ISBN (Hardcover): 978-1250400543
ISBN (Paperback): 978-1250400567
ASIN (Audiobook): B0F55BWVY7
ASIN (Kindle): B0F4SLKT6D
BNID (Nook): 978-1250400550
Genre: Thriller


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Book Description:

An insanely competitive housing market. A desperate buyer on the edge. In Marisa Kashino’s darkly humorous 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 hand).

A little stalking? Harmless. A bit of trespassing? Necessary. As Margo infiltrates the homeowners’ lives, her tactics grow increasingly unhinged—but just when she thinks she’s won them over, she hits a snag in her plan. Undeterred, Margo will prove again and again that there’s no boundary she won’t cross to seize the dream life she’s been chasing. The most unsettling part? You’ll root for her, even as you gasp in disbelief.

Dark, biting, and laugh-out-loud funny, Best Offer Wins is a propulsive debut and a razor-sharp exploration of class, ambition, and the modern housing crisis.





About The Author



Marisa Kashino was a journalist for seventeen years, most recently at The Washington Post. She spent the bulk of her career at Washingtonian magazine, writing long-form features and overseeing the real estate and home design coverage. She grew up near Seattle, graduating from the University of Washington with a degree in journalism and political science. She lives in the DC area with her husband, two dogs, and two cats. Best Offer Wins is her first novel.




















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