Discover similarly atmospheric stories filled with mystery and unforgettable characters navigating hidden secrets and complicated relationships.
The Perfume Thief by Timothy Schaffert
A Gentleman in Moscow meets Moulin Rouge in this stylish, sexy page-turner about Clementine, a queer American expat and notorious thief of rare scents, who has retired to Paris, only to return to her old tricks in hopes of protecting the city she loves when the Nazis invade in 1941.
The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak
Frank is shocked when his estranged daughter, Maggie, calls him for the first time in three years. He’s even more surprised when she invites him to her upcoming wedding. Determined to finally make things right, when he arrives he learns Maggie failed to mention that she’s marrying Aidan Gardner, the son of a famous tech billionaire. Frank needs to know more about the new family his daughter is marrying into, but if he pushes too hard, he could lose Maggie forever.
Imposter Syndrome by Joseph Knox
On the run from his shady past, Lynch arrives in London, looking over his shoulder. His phone is dead, he has no money, no contacts. He meets Bobbie, who mistakes him for her missing brother, Heydon Pierce. At Bobbie’s suggestion, Lynch goes to the Pierce home, posing as Heydon to con money out of them. His subterfuge is discovered, and he strikes a bargain: their silence for his help in finding Heydon. Lynch’s investigation uncovers Heydon’s ties to dangerous people. Everyone has motives to keep Heydon buried. In this conspiracy, Lynch knows he can only trust himself.
In Their Shadows by Briana Cole
A successful scam artist living two perfect, separate lives with two unsuspecting husbands receives a mysterious package that threatens to expose her, in the second novel of the series following Behind Her Lives.
At an estate sale, Penny Collins ends up in a squabble over candlesticks with the deceased owner’s nephew, Anthony – right before a dead body tumbles out of a closet. Suddenly she’s on the run with a man she barely knows. It seems the wrong people have got it in their heads that she’s Anthony’s girlfriend and, by association, in possession of something they desperately need – and will do anything to get. As for Anthony, he has a top-secret occupation as a fixer, but a recent fix went wrong and now he and Penny are dodging both a ruthless billionaire and the FBI. It’ll take all of Penny’s plentiful savvy and common sense, in addition to Anthony’s particular set of skills, to survive.
The Exes by Leodora Darlington
Natalie has only ever wanted to find “the one.” The perfect man, the happy family she never had. But each time she thinks she is finally getting somewhere, she’s bitterly disappointed. Another red line through a list of exes. And that was before the night of the Big Fallout that left her even more alone. Then along comes James-wonderful, handsome James-and Natalie thinks her luck has finally turned. Maybe he’s the one for her. Maybe he’s the one she’s been waiting for all along. Maybe he won’t wind up dead.
The Devil Raises His Own by Scott Phillips
Los Angeles, 1916: Photographer Bill Ogden has opened a portrait studio in the seedy noir world of early Hollywood, where he is joined by his granddaughter, Flavia – a woman in need of a fresh start after bludgeoning her drunken, abusive husband to death in Wichita. Though his business is mainly legit, Bill finds himself brushing up against the “blue movie” porn industry growing in the shadows of the motion picture mainstream.
First Wife’s Shadow by Adele Parks
