Big Families Books in Order

Big Families brings together two of Tasmina Perry’s most family‑focused novels, Guilty Pleasures and Deep Blue Sea. Each book stands alone, but both dive into the lives of dynasties built on luxury brands, old money and reputations that cannot afford a scandal. The series asks what happens when the foundations of those empires start to crack.

In Guilty Pleasures, the drama centres on an old‑established British luxury goods house and the relatives who have always assumed it would be theirs. When patriarch Saul Milford dies, his American‑based niece Emma inherits the company and the country estate that goes with it. Her promotion turns cousins, uncles and aunts into rivals, and the fight over who controls the brand soon spills from the boardroom into blackmail, betrayal and very real danger.

Deep Blue Sea shifts the action to the Denver clan, a golden couple whose glossy marriage hides fractures beneath the surface. Diana Denver appears to have everything, from a successful husband to homes in London and the country, until Julian dies suddenly in suspicious circumstances. Convinced that there is more to his death than an accident, she reaches out to her estranged sister Rachel, a disgraced tabloid reporter living on a Thai island, and together they start pulling at a thread that runs from media scandals to offshore secrets.

Across both books Perry uses multiple viewpoints to show how different family members see the same events. There are glamorous settings, from London townhouses and Italian ateliers to tropical beaches and dive boats, but the tension always comes back to inheritance, loyalty and who is willing to turn on whom when money is at stake. Siblings who grew up side by side find themselves on opposite sides of legal battles, and long‑buried resentments flare as the truth about the family businesses comes to light.

Readers can expect a mix of romance, mystery and high‑society intrigue, threaded through with commentary on how wealth and power distort even ordinary emotions. The Big Families stories are driven less by a single detective figure than by people trying to protect the lives they believe they deserve, which gives the plots a slow, satisfying burn. You do not need to read the novels in a strict order, but starting with Guilty Pleasures introduces the idea of a legacy brand in turmoil before moving into the darker waters of Deep Blue Sea.

If you like big‑cast dramas about money, secrets and the cost of success, this duet offers a self‑contained slice of Perry’s most family‑centric storytelling.