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'Smart, sexy, funny and so sharply written. A total freaking delight.' Carley Fortune, bestselling author of Every Summer AfterSchool librarian Alexis usually keeps out of the spotlight. But when she's dumped for being too meek in bed, she decides it's time for a change.Enter Logan, the mysterious stranger she meets at a hotel bar. Foul-mouthed, funny and forward, he's Alexis' opposite – and wow, do opposites attract.But the next day, Alexis finds her face splashed all over the news. It turns out her mysterious stranger is Logan Arthur, the hotshot candidate running for Texas governor. And they were photographed leaving the hotel together.A scandalous one-night-stand could sink Logan’s career, so there's only one thing for it: Alexis must pretend to be his long-term girlfriend until election night.A shy librarian in a fake relationship with a hot politician for two long months… What could possibly go wrong?Praise for THE BOYFRIEND CANDIDATE:'Charming, swoony, and utterly unputdownable. I LOVE this book!' Lynn Painter, bestselling author of Better Than the Movies'Catches fire, sizzles throughout then bursts into flames. HIGHLY recommend.' Abby Jimenez, bestselling author of The Friend Zone'Winstead brings both hilarity and heartfelt moments to this rousing rom-com. Readers will cheer Alexis on her path to discovering her inner strength and swoon over idealistic Logan. This is a winner.' Publishers Weekly, *STARRED review*

'A simmering slow burn bursting with banter… This is a romance for anyone who’s ever felt too messy to be loved.' ROSIE DANAN, author of The RoommateIn this fierce and funny battle of the exes, Ashley Winstead's Fool Me Once explores the chaos of wanting something you used to have. Lee Stone is a twenty-first-century woman: she kicks butt at her job as a communications director at a women-run electric car company (that’s better than Tesla, thank you), and after work she is 'Stoner', drinking guys under the table and never letting any of them get too comfortable in her bed... That’s because Lee’s learned one big lesson: never trust love. Four major heartbreaks set her straight, particularly grad-school boyfriend Ben Laderman – who wasn’t actually cheating, but she could have sworn he was, so she reciprocated in kind. Then Ben shows up five years later as a policy expert for the Texas governor, just as Lee is trying to get a clean-energy bill rolling. Tension builds as old sparks reignite when they're forced to work together, fanning the flames for a romantic dustup the size of Texas. Don't miss The Boyfriend Candidate, Ashley Winstead's next laugh-out-loud rom-com about learning to embrace living outside your comfort zone!'A hilariously sharp-tongued romance with an unforgettable, unapologetic heroine.' RACHEL LYNN SOLOMON'A love story for every truly hot mess… A romance with bite, wit, and heart.' KIRKUS'Fool Me Once delivers a wild, sexy ride from start to finish!' TRISH DOLLER'Fresh, funny, and chaotically wonderful... Winstead weaves an undeniably sexy tale of will-they/won’t-they.' KATE BROMLEY'Sparks fly and laughs abound.' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

'Tense, twisty, and packed with shocks' RILEY SAGERSix friends. One college reunion. One unsolved murder.Ten years after graduation, Jessica Miller has planned every detail of her triumphant return to Duquette university. Everyone will see who she wants them to see – confident, beautiful, indifferent. Not the girl she was before, back when Heather Shelby's murder fractured everything.But not everyone is ready to move on. Someone is determined to make the guilty pay. When Jessica and her friends are reunited, they are forced to confront not only what happened that night, but the secrets they would do anything to hide.Told in racing dual timelines, with a dark campus setting, In My Dreams I Hold A Knife is an addictive, propulsive read you won't be able to put down.'Mordant' THE NEW YORK TIMES'Fans of The Secret History, Ruth Ware, and Andrea Bartz will devour this... The last page will give you nightmares' AMY GENTRY'A twisty, dark puzzle... Highly recommended' NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS'Captivating' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY'Beautiful writing, juicy secrets... and drumbeat suspense' ANDREA BARTZREADERS LOVE IN MY DREAMS I HOLD A KNIFE!'This was an insane thriller!... See for yourself if you can predict who the killer is.''I loved every minute''Tightly plotted and thought provoking''I loved it I loved it I loved it... Bloody. Forgiving. Unkind.''Was not obvious like some other books in the genre.''I seriously had a book hang over after this one.'

'Will haunt your dreams and change the way you view the world' JULIE CLARK'Deliciously unputdownable' WASHINGTON POSTAn inescapable man. A secret cult. An unsolved murder.At university, Shay Evans and her friends met a man who seduced them with lies and brought them under his thrall. By senior year, Shay and her friend Laurel were the only ones who managed to escape his dark world.Eight years later, Shay has built a new life. But when she hears the horrifying news of Laurel's death, she realises the past she thought she buried is still very much alive.Which means Shay must go back to the place she vowed never to return. As she follows the threads of Laurel's life, she's pulled once again into a terrifying cult. And this time, there may be no turning back...'I barely breathed through most of this engrossing story, so consider yourself warned' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'A truly terrifying novel' COSMOPOLITAN'A stunning, disturbing thriller that will have your mind and heart racing... Had me gasping for air' SAMANTHA DOWNINGREADERS LOVE THE LAST HOUSEWIFE!'Wow I couldn’t put this down... dark and incredible''A must read''Incredibly dark, intense, deeply unnerving, and mindblowing''Thrilling and spicy and really well written''An utter master piece''What an indictment against the patriarchy!''Brings dark and twisty to a whole other level'

Twilight meets True Detective in this creepy Southern Gothic thriller, from TikTok sensation Ashley Winstead.'One of the most gasp-inducing endings I’ve ever read' CLARE MACKINTOSH‘Unique and unnerving from beginning to end' STACY WILLINGHAMBeware of the dark. You might like what you find...Ruth Collier has always felt like an outsider, even as her father rains fire and brimstone from the church pulpit. In Bottom Springs, his word is as good as law.But there are things the townspeople fear more than God, like the Low Man, a vampiric figure said to kill sinners in their beds on moonless nights.When a skull is found deep in the swamp, a hunt for the Low Man begins. Suspicion turns to Ruth’s oldest friend, Everett, and as they grow closer in their attempt to vindicate him, Ruth begins to unearth the town’s secrets.But as the line between good and evil grows ever thin, how far will Ruth go to save the person she loves most?‘Unleashes the trapped scream of being a young woman in the world' LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNNREADERS LOVE MIDNIGHT IS THE DARKEST HOUR!'Unsettling and disturbing''5 twisted ***** from me''You will get sucked right in and never want to leave – even though it will creep you out.''I did not expect the twists''Ashley Winstead definitely hit a grand slam.'

THE NEW ADDICTIVE THRILLER FROM TIKTOK FAVOURITE AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR ASHLEY WINSTEAD.'Impossible to put down once you start... True crime fans will devour this one!' AMY TINTERAIt's the most famous crime in modern history. But only she knows the true story.After her father dies suddenly, Jane Sharp finds a strange comfort in TheRealCrimeNetwork.com, where she befriends four amateur sleuths from across the country. The group dives into its research dutifully, but when three college students are viciously stabbed to death, seemingly at random, the entire online-sleuth community is set ablaze. Jane and her team decide to take their investigation into the real world, travelling to small-town Idaho to find answers – only to discover the truth is more shocking than any of their previous cases. Told one year after the astounding events that left the world reeling, Jane tells the true story of the Delphine Massacres. And what she has to confess will shock even the most seasoned true-crime fans... An exploration of society’s fascination with murder and a brutally satisfying murder mystery with a shocking twist ending, This Book Will Bury Me is Ashley Winstead at her best.'I couldn't put it down. My favorite Winstead book yet!' ROBYN HARDING'My absolute favorite kind of thriller: compulsively readable, a fiendishly brilliant whodunnit, and a whip smart commentary on the industry of true crime... Ashley Winstead never misses!' HALLEY SUTTON'Winstead invites readers into an immersive and meticulously crafted mystery' KATE ALICE MARSHALLREADERS LOVE THIS BOOK WILL BURY ME!'An edge of seat, one sit read''Exceptional''Ashley Winstead is literally the most perfect thriller author to exist''Best thriller I have read in a very long time''I will never forget this book''A seriously addictive thriller'PRAISE FOR ASHLEY WINSTEAD‘Winstead does an expert job keeping the reader guessing’ Publishers Weekly‘Highly recommended’ New York Journal of Books‘The definition of compulsive reading’ Amy Gentry'Dark and seriously addictive' FanFi Addict‘So nuanced and intricately woven that you absolutely cannot help but race to the end’ Amanda Jayatissa‘Ashley Winstead spins a tale that is equal parts disturbing and redemptive’ Julie Clark‘Like all of Ashley's incredible books, you won't be able to turn the pages fast enough’ Vanessa Lillie

THE NEW ROMANCE NOVEL FROM TIKTOK SENSATION ASHLEY WINSTEAD.A band on the brink. A love worth playing for.When record executive Theo meets the Future Saints, they're bombing at a dive bar in their hometown. Since the tragic death of their manager, the band has been in a downward spiral and Theo has been dispatched to coax a new – and successful – album out of them, or else let them go.Theo is struck right away by Hannah, the group’s impetuous lead singer, who has gone off script in debuting a new song—and, in fact, a whole new sound. Theo's supposed to get the band back on track, but when their new music garners an even wider fan base than before, the plans begin to change—new tour, new record, new start.But Hannah’s descent into grief has larger consequences for the group, and she’s not willing to let go yet… not for fame or love.For fans of Daisy Jones and the Six and In Five Years, this is a love story – just not the one you’re expecting.'A mesmerizing look at grief, love, and the music industry that's so raw and emotional, you'll want to play it on repeat.' Laura Hankin, author of One-Star RomancePraise for Ashley Winstead:‘A total freaking delight’ CARLEY FORTUNE‘Ashley Winstead never misses!’ HALLEY SUTTON'I love Winstead's way of writing, her stories are so well crafted' Reader Review'Romantic, sad, funny and heart wrenching all at the same time' Reader Review'Ashley Winstead is amazing' Reader Review

From national bestselling author Ashley Winstead comes a buzzy, bloody new thriller about success, sisterhood, and demanding justice...by any means necessary. What's a girl got to do to get some fame, a few million record sales, and justice for murder? Ten years ago, aspiring singer-actress Scout Sage lost the only thing that mattered: her sister, Georgia. Ever since Georgia's mysterious death at a Hollywood party, Scout's done her best to honor her memory, clawing her way through the industry and collecting a network of climbers along the way, fellow hot girls in stilettos with cutthroat ambition, a new Hollywood order. But when a slew of targeted murders makes headlines across L.A., all pointing to Scout as the killer, she turns overnight from a mid-tier pop star into the world's most famous (alleged) murderer. Now everything she's worked to build--including the justice she wants for Georgia--will fall apart unless Scout can prove she's not guilty. Meanwhile, the young and unusual detective assigned to her case, herself no stranger to tragedy, begins to unearth secrets not even Scout knows, let alone her millions of new fans. Particularly about the ways Georgia's death connects to an even older pattern of crimes long hushed over in Hollywood--an old reign of terror that, if brought to light, could be the fuel that ignites a reckoning the world over.

"THE BOYFRIEND CANDIDATE is a total freaking delight. It's smart, sexy, funny and so sharply written."--CARLEY FORTUNE, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Meet Me at the LakeA laugh-out-loud rom-com about learning to embrace living outside your comfort zone.As a shy school librarian, Alexis Stone is comfortable keeping out of the spotlight. But when she's dumped for being too meek--in bed --she decides she needs to change. And what better way to kick-start her new more adventurous life than with her first one-night stand?Enter Logan, the gorgeous, foul-mouthed stranger she meets at a hotel bar. Audacious and filterless, Logan is Alexis's opposite--and boy, do opposites attract Just as she's about to fulfill her hookup wish, the hotel catches fire in a freak lightning storm. In their rush to escape, Logan is discovered carrying her into the street, where people are waiting with cameras. Cameras Logan promptly--and shockingly--flees.Alexis is bewildered until suddenly pictures of her and Logan escaping the fire are all over the internet. Turns out Logan is none other than Logan Arthur, the hotshot candidate challenging the Texas governor's seat. The salacious scandal is poised to sink his career--and jeopardize Alexis's job--until a solution is proposed: he and Alexis could pretend to be in a relationship until election day...in two months. What could possibly go wrong?"Charming, swoony, and utterly unputdownable. I LOVE this book "--LYNN PAINTER, New York Times bestselling author of Better Than the Movies

"A simmering slow burn bursting with banter... This is a romance for anyone who's ever felt too messy to be loved."--ROSIE DANAN, author of The RoommateIn this fierce and funny battle of the exes, Ashley Winstead's Fool Me Once explores the chaos of wanting something you used to have.Lee Stone is a twenty-first-century woman: she kicks butt at her job as a communications director at a women-run electric car company (that's better than Tesla, thank you), and after work she is "Stoner," drinking guys under the table and never letting any of them get too comfortable in her bed...That's because Lee's learned one big lesson: never trust love. Four major heartbreaks set her straight, from her father cheating on her mom all the way to Ben Laderman in grad school--who wasn't actually cheating, but she could have sworn he was, so she reciprocated in kind.Then Ben shows up five years later, working as a policy expert for the most liberal governor in Texas history, just as Lee is trying to get a clean energy bill rolling. Things get complicated--and competitive--as Lee and Ben are forced to work together. Tension builds just as old sparks reignite, fanning the flames for a romantic dustup the size of Texas.Don't miss The Boyfriend Candidate, Ashley Winstead's next laugh-out-loud rom-com about learning to embrace living outside your comfort zone

Perfect for fans of Daisy Jones and the Six and In Five Years--a beautiful, powerful, and transportive new novel about a music executive desperately trying to bring a rock band back from the brink, from bestselling author Ashley Winstead. This is a love story, but not the one you're expecting. When record executive Theo meets the Future Saints, they're bombing at a dive bar in their hometown. Since the tragic death of their manager, the band has been in a downward spiral and Theo has been dispatched to coax a new--and successful--album out of them, or else let them go. Immediately, Theo is struck by Hannah, the group's impetuous lead singer, who's gone off script by debuting a whole new sound, replacing their California pop with gut-wrenching rock. When this new music goes viral, striking an unexpected chord with fans, Theo puts his career on the line to give the Saints one last shot at success with a new tour, new record, and new start. But Hannah's grief has larger consequences for the group, and her increasingly destructive antics become a distraction as she and her sister Ginny--her lifelong partner in crime--undermine Theo at every turn. Hannah isn't ready to move on or prepared for the fame she's been chasing, and the weight of her problems jeopardize the band, her growing closeness with Theo, and, worst of all, her relationship with her sister--all while the world watches closely. The Future Saints's big break is here--if only they can survive it. A novel about sisterhood, friendship, and the ghosts that haunt us, The Future Saints is "a mesmerizing look at grief, love, and the music industry that's so raw and emotional, you'll want to play it on repeat." (Laura Hankin, author of One-Star Romance).

"[A] mordant debut novel....examines what it means to covet the lives of others, no matter the cost."-The New York Times"Tense, twisty, and packed with shocks."-Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Survive The NightSix friends.One college reunion.One unsolved murder.Ten years after graduation, Jessica Miller has planned her triumphant return to her southern, elite Duquette University, down to the envious whispers that are sure to follow in her wake. Everyone is going to see the girl she wants them to see-confident, beautiful, indifferent. Not the girl she was when she left campus, back when Heather Shelby's murder fractured everything, including the tight bond linking the six friends she'd been closest to since freshman year.But not everyone is ready to move on. Not everyone left Duquette ten years ago, and not everyone can let Heather's murder go unsolved. Someone is determined to trap the real killer, to make the guilty pay. When the six friends are reunited, they will be forced to confront what happened that night-and the years' worth of secrets each of them would do anything to keep hidden.Told in racing dual timelines, with a dark campus setting and a darker look at friendship, love, obsession, and ambition, In My Dreams I Hold A Knife is an addictive, propulsive read you won't be able to put down."Beautiful writing, juicy secrets, complex female characters, and drumbeat suspense-what more could you want from a debut thriller?"-Andrea Bartz, author of Reese's Book Club pick We Were Never Here

From the author of the acclaimed In My Dreams I Hold a Knife comes a pitch-black thriller about a woman determined to destroy a powerful cult and avenge the deaths of the women taken in by it, no matter the cost.While in college in upstate New York, Shay Evans and her best friends met a captivating man who seduced them with a web of lies about the way the world works, bringing them under his thrall. By senior year, Shay and her friend Laurel were the only ones who managed to escape. Now, eight years later, Shay's built a new life in a tony Texas suburb. But when she hears the horrifying news of Laurel's death-delivered, of all ways, by her favorite true-crime podcast crusader-she begins to suspect that the past she thought she buried is still very much alive, and the predators more dangerous than ever.Recruiting the help of the podcast host, Shay goes back to the place she vowed never to return to in search of answers. As she follows the threads of her friend's life, she's pulled into a dark, seductive world, where wealth and privilege shield brutal philosophies that feel all too familiar. When Shay's obsession with uncovering the truth becomes so consuming she can no longer separate her desire for justice from darker desires newly reawakened, she must confront the depths of her own complicity and conditioning. But in a world built for men to rule it-both inside the cult and outside of it-is justice even possible, and if so, how far will Shay go to get it?

"[A] mordant debut novel....examines what it means to covet the lives of others, no matter the cost."-The New York Times"Tense, twisty, and packed with shocks."-Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Survive The NightSix friends.One college reunion.One unsolved murder.Ten years after graduation, Jessica Miller has planned her triumphant return to her southern, elite Duquette University, down to the envious whispers that are sure to follow in her wake. Everyone is going to see the girl she wants them to see-confident, beautiful, indifferent. Not the girl she was when she left campus, back when Heather Shelby's murder fractured everything, including the tight bond linking the six friends she'd been closest to since freshman year.But not everyone is ready to move on. Not everyone left Duquette ten years ago, and not everyone can let Heather's murder go unsolved. Someone is determined to trap the real killer, to make the guilty pay. When the six friends are reunited, they will be forced to confront what happened that night-and the years' worth of secrets each of them would do anything to keep hidden.Told in racing dual timelines, with a dark campus setting and a darker look at friendship, love, obsession, and ambition, In My Dreams I Hold A Knife is an addictive, propulsive read you won't be able to put down."Beautiful writing, juicy secrets, complex female characters, and drumbeat suspense-what more could you want from a debut thriller?"-Andrea Bartz, author of Reese's Book Club pick We Were Never Here

"A stunning, disturbing thriller that will have your mind and heart racing." -Samantha DowningFrom the author of the acclaimed In My Dreams I Hold a Knife comes a pitch-black thriller about a woman determined to destroy a powerful cult and avenge the deaths of the women taken in by it, no matter the cost.While in college in upstate New York, Shay Evans and her best friends met a captivating man who seduced them with a web of lies about the way the world works, bringing them under his thrall. By senior year, Shay and her friend Laurel were the only ones who managed to escape. Now, eight years later, Shay's built a new life in a tony Texas suburb. But when she hears the horrifying news of Laurel's death?delivered, of all ways, by her favorite true-crime podcast crusader?she begins to suspect that the past she thought she buried is still very much alive, and the predators more dangerous than ever.Recruiting the help of the podcast host, Shay goes back to the place she vowed never to return to in search of answers. As she follows the threads of her friend's life, she's pulled into a dark, seductive world, where wealth and privilege shield brutal philosophies that feel all too familiar. When Shay's obsession with uncovering the truth becomes so consuming she can no longer separate her desire for justice from darker desires newly reawakened, she must confront the depths of her own complicity and conditioning. But in a world built for men to rule it?both inside the cult and outside of it?is justice even possible, and if so, how far will Shay go to get it?

From the critically acclaimed author of In My Dreams I Hold A Knife and The Last Housewife comes Midnight is the Darkest Hour, gothic Southern thriller about a killer haunting a small Louisiana town, where two outcasts-the preacher's daughter and the boy from the wrong side of the tracks-hold the key to uncovering the truth.For fans of Verity and A Flicker in the Dark, Midnight is the Darkest Hour is a twisted tale of murder, obsessive love, and the beastly urges that lie dormant within us all...even the God-fearing folk of Bottom Springs, Louisiana. In her small hometown, librarian Ruth Cornier has always felt like an outsider, even as her beloved father rains fire-and-brimstone warnings from the pulpit at Holy Fire Baptist. Unfortunately for Ruth, the only things the townspeople fear more than the God and the Devil are the myths that haunt the area, like the story of the Low Man, a vampiric figure said to steal into sinners' bedrooms and kill them on moonless nights. When a skull is found deep in the swamp next to mysterious carved symbols, Bottom Springs is thrown into uproar-and Ruth realizes only she and Everett, an old friend with a dark past, have the power to comb the town's secret underbelly in search of true evil.A dark and powerful novel like fans have come to expect from Ashley Winstead, Midnight is the Darkest Hour is an examination of the ways we've come to expect love, religion, and stories to save us, the lengths we have to go to in order to take back power, and the monstrous work of being a girl in this world."Where The Crawdads Sing meets Twilight meets Thelma and Louise in this brilliantly realized, totally original thriller. Absolutely sensational-I couldn't put it down." - Clare Mackintosh, New York Times bestselling author

From the national bestselling author of In My Dreams I Hold a Knife and Midnight is the Darkest Hour comes a chilling, compulsive story of five amateur sleuths, whose hunt for an elusive killer catapults them into danger as the world watches.It's the most famous crime in modern history. But only she knows the true story.After the unexpected death of her father, college student Jane Sharp longs for a distraction from her grief. She becomes obsessed with true crime, befriending armchair detectives who teach her how to hunt killers from afar. In this morbid internet underground, Jane finds friendship, purpose, and even glory...So when news of the shocking deaths of three college girls in Delphine, Idaho takes the world by storm, and sleuths everywhere race to solve the crimes, Jane and her friends are determined to beat them. But the case turns out to be stranger than anyone expected. Details don't add up, the police are cagey, and there seems to be more media hype and internet theorizing than actual evidence. When Jane and her sleuths take a step closer, they find that every answer only begs more questions, and begin to suspect their killer may be smarter and more prolific than any they've faced before. Placing themselves in the center of the story starts to feel more and more like walking into a trap...Told one year after the astounding events that concluded the case and left the world reeling, when Jane has finally decided to break her silence about what really happened, she tells the true story of the Delphine Massacres. And what she has to confess will shock even the most seasoned true crime fans...