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September 19, 2019
CAPTURING THE DEVIL is a NYT and USA Today Bestseller!!!
i am still over the moon that i get to share that CAPTURING THE DEVIL is both a New York Times and USA Today bestseller. (!!!!!!!!!!!)
cheers to a cane-carrying, scalpel-wielding goth girl in STEM hitting these lists!!!! thank you, thank you, thank you for your love and support. beyond life, beyond death, my love for thee is eternal, dear readers.
also a giant shout out to the whole team who works so tirelessly behind the scenes. Barbara Poelle, the most incredible agent and friend anyone can...
September 16, 2019
Behind the scenes with CAPTURING THE DEVIL part 2: the importance of diversity
i’m so excited to share the second behind the scenes video of CAPTURING THE DEVIL that i shot with JIMMY Patterson Books and my editor, Jenny Bak! this one is dear to my heart because Audrey Rose isn’t able-bodied and it means the world to see a character like me on shelves.
part two: “the importance of diversity”
CAPTURING THE DEVIL links:

September 13, 2019
Enjoy a behind the scenes video of Capturing the Devil: part 1: “Heroes and Villains”
happy Friday the 13th, friends! i’m so excited to share some behind the scenes videos of CAPTURING THE DEVIL that i shot with JIMMY Patterson Books and my editor, Jenny Bak! over the next few days, i’ll share each of the 3-part series with you.
part 1: “heroes and villains”
CAPTURING THE DEVIL links:

September 10, 2019
Capturing the Devil is out TODAY!!!!
good morning and welcome to the world, little book. the last five years of writing these stories and getting to know these characters have been the best, but now it’s time for me to say goodbye and send Thomas and Audrey Rose off.
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i absolutely adore this conclusion–it ends where it all began for me. what you thought you knew about a killer in Stalking Jack the Ripper might just be another mystery waiting to be solved. i hope you’ve loved the hints i’ve dropped along the way…
September 9, 2019
Only a few hours left to claim your CAPTURING THE DEVIL prizes! (INTL and US)
friends, i cannot believe we’re down to the last few hours before publication. it felt like it would take FOREVER and then it FLEW by.
there are only a few hours left to claim your prizes, once the clock strikes midnight, the pre-order prize website disappears like Cinderella’s pumpkin carriage.
US reader snag your prizes here
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cheers to the final countdown!!!!!
September 4, 2019
Signed copies of the entire STALKING JACK THE RIPPER series are available now!
last night i had my very first Talk Shop Live virtual book launch/Q&A and it was a blast! thank you so, so much for your amazing questions and for your excitement and for joining me on this incredible journey.
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if you missed the event live, no worries! you can still access the Q&A for 30 days…but that’s not the coolest part! you can also still order signed copies of my books there too! AND i can pop in and answer questions about the series in the comments! HURRAY!!
the link for purchasing the...
September 2, 2019
Preview the first THREE chapters of CAPTURING THE DEVIL now!
with just EIGHT days left before CAPTURING THE DEVIL hits shelves, i’m sharing the first three chapters with you today! i absolutely adore the conclusion of this series and hope you fall equally in love with this final murder mystery. (please note: today also marks ONE week for you to fill out the pre-order forms to claim your prizes!)
Enjoy the trailer (with the sound on!) then read on below for the first look at CAPTURING THE DEVIL.
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Death Comes Swiftly
West Washington Market
Meatp...
August 31, 2019
NINE DAYS LEFT! Pre-order prize questions and answers.
hello, friends! happy Saturday! i’m getting LOTS AND LOTS of questions about pre-orders and with only NINE days left to pre-order, i am answering them below. PLEASE click the link to the pre-order submission page if your question wasn’t answered—it has ALL the answers!
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how long do i have to pre-order/what is a pre-order?
you can pre-order until midnight on September 9th (the day before publication) a pre-order is when you purchase a copy before publication day. (ANY time before 9/9/19)***...
August 28, 2019
The secret is out! KINGDOM OF THE WICKED, the first book in my new series, is hitting shelves next fall!
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I’ve been keeping this secret all year, and now that the publisher’s marketplace announcement has finally arrived, I’m SO NERVOUS. But also (almost) beyond comprehension-level excited and hope you are, too!
KINGDOM OF THE WICKED, the first book in my new series, is a YA historical fantasy told in dual POV that’s really a murder mystery at heart.
I can’t say much more for now, but it features some of my very favorite things as a reader; enemies to lovers, antiheroes, mystery, dark magic, and...
August 27, 2019
ESCAPING FROM HOUDINI paperbacks with bonus tarot cards are on sale now!
Happy paperback book birthday to ESCAPING FROM HOUDINI!!! These paperbacks feature some of my most favorite bonus content ever: annotated tarot cards! (I preview a few in my video, but there’s more!)
these are the tarot + playing cards i designed with Phantom Rin for the ESCAPING FROM HOUDINI pre-order prizes last year, and while we can’t bring back the actual tarot cards, i’ve gotten SO SO SO many requests, i thought this would be a fun way for readers who missed out on the original prizes t...