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The Guilty Couple: A Riveting Thriller That Will Keep You Guessing

**"Wow. Addictive. And what an ending!" - Sunday Times bestselling author Claire Douglas**

**"A red-hot, non-stop rollercoaster of a book" - Sunday Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell**

**Get ready for a thrilling ride with The Guilty Couple, a suspenseful novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat.**

The Story: A Twisted Tale of Revenge

Five years ago, Olivia Sutherland was convicted of plotting to murder her husband. Now, finally free, she has three goals:

* **Reconnect with her daughter**

* **Clear her name**

* **Bring down the man who framed her – her husband.**

But Olivia quickly discovers that her husband's lies run deeper than she could ever have imagined. As she seeks justice, she realizes that her life is in danger, and the stakes are higher than ever before.

A Chorus of Praise: Critics and Readers Rave About The Guilty Couple

The Guilty Couple has captivated readers and critics alike, earning praise for its relentless tension and shocking twists. Here's what some of the industry's leading voices have to say:

**"Shot through with a propulsive sense of gritty threat and high-stakes tension, this is bold, memorable, top-tier thriller writing." - bestselling author B P Walter**

**"The Guilty Couple is a one-breath rollercoaster ride, with twists, turns, ups and downs... then just when you think it's over, there's another loop ahead! A proper, classy thriller." - Janice Hallett, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Appeal**

**"CL Taylor has done it again. A fast paced, thrilling read that I couldn't put down. I loved it!" - bestselling author Heidi Perks**

**"I loved The Guilty Couple so much. Twisty, compelling, tense and fast-paced and thoroughly unputdownable." - multimillion-copy bestselling author Angela Marsons**

Readers are equally enthralled:

**"A hugely entertaining, tense and twisting read."**

**"Pulse-pounding"**

**"Thrilling and exciting...the ending was brilliant."**

**"My heart was in my throat throughout the entire book."**

**"This is the best book I have read in a long time."**

**"Wow!"**

Get Ready to Be Thrilled

With its gripping plot, unforgettable characters, and relentless suspense, The Guilty Couple is a must-read for any fan of psychological thrillers. If you're looking for a book that will keep you guessing until the very last page, look no further.

<p>Vine Mess 1: Secretly Yours</p>

<p>AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER</p>

<p>From Tessa Bailey—1 New York Times bestselling author, TikTok favorite, and "the Michelangelo of dirty talk" (Entertainment Weekly)—comes a spicy small town rom-com about a grumpy professor and the bubbly neighbor he clashes with at every turn...</p>

<p>Hallie Welch fell hard for Julian Vos at fourteen, after they almost kissed in the dark vineyards of his family’s winery. Now the prodigal hottie has returned to Napa Valley, and when Hallie is hired to revamp the gardens on the Vos estate, she wonders if she'll finally get that smooch. But the starchy professor isn’t the teenager she remembers and their polar opposite personalities clash spectacularly.</p>

<p>One wine-fueled girls’ night later, Hallie can’t shake the sense that she did something reckless—and then she remembers the drunken secret admirer letter she left for Julian. Oh shit.</p>

<p>On sabbatical from his ivy league job, Julian plans to write a novel. But having Hallie gardening right outside his window is the ultimate distraction. She’s eccentric, chronically late, often literally covered in dirt—and so unbelievably beautiful, he can’t focus on anything else. Until he finds an anonymous letter sent by a woman from his past.</p>

<p>Even as Julian wonders about this admirer, he’s sucked further into Hallie’s orbit. Like the flowers she plants all over town, Hallie is a burst of color in Julian’s grayscale life. For a man who irons his socks and runs on tight schedules, her sunny chaotic energy makes zero sense. But there’s something so familiar about her... and her very presence is turning his world upside down.</p>

<p>"Tessa Bailey is the queen of rom-coms. Long may she reign!" — Julie Murphy, 1 New York Times bestselling author of A Merry Little Meet Cute</p>

<p>The Brown Sisters 1: Get A Life, Chloe Brown</p>

<p>Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. She's come up with seven directives to help her "Get a Life", and she's already completed the first: finally moving out of her family's mansion. She's ready to enjoy a drunken night out, ride a motorcycle, and other adventures. But it's not easy being bad, and Chloe knows just the man to help her complete her list. Redford 'Red' Morgan is a handyman with tattoos, a motorcycle, and sex appeal, who paints at night but hides his work. When she enlists Red to help her rebel, she discovers what really lies beneath his rough exterior. --. adapted from back cover.</p>

<p>Hook, Line, And Sinker</p>

<p>AN INSTANT 1 NEW YORK TIMES AND 1 USA TODAY BESTSELLER</p>

<p>In the follow-up to It Happened One Summer, Tessa Bailey delivers another deliciously fun rom-com about a former player who accidentally falls for his best friend while trying to help her land a different man…</p>

<p>King crab fisherman Fox Thornton has a reputation as a sexy, carefree flirt. Everyone knows he’s a guaranteed good time—in bed and out—and that’s exactly how he prefers it. Until he meets Hannah Bellinger. She’s immune to his charm and looks, but she seems to enjoy his… personality? And wants to be friends? Bizarre. But he likes her too much to risk a fling, so platonic pals it is.</p>

<p>Now, Hannah's in town for work, crashing in Fox’s spare bedroom. She knows he’s a notorious ladies’ man, but they’re definitely just friends. In fact, she's nursing a hopeless crush on a colleague and Fox is just the person to help with her lackluster love life. Armed with a few tips from Westport’s resident Casanova, Hannah sets out to catch her coworker’s eye… yet the more time she spends with Fox, the more she wants him instead. As the line between friendship and flirtation begins to blur, Hannah can't deny she loves everything about Fox, but she refuses to be another notch on his bedpost.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Living with his best friend should have been easy. Except now she’s walking around in a towel, sleeping right across the hall, and Fox is fantasizing about waking up next to her for the rest of his life and… and… man overboard! He’s fallen for her, hook, line, and sinker. Helping her flirt with another guy is pure torture, but maybe if Fox can tackle his inner demons and show Hannah he’s all in, she'll choose him instead?</p>

<p>Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match</p>

<p>From USA Today bestselling author of The Hating Game Sally Thorne comes something a little unexpected… a historical rom-com that imagines Victor Frankenstein’s sheltered younger sister, and her attempts to create the perfect man.</p>

<p>For generations, every Frankenstein has found their true love and equal, unlocking lifetimes of blissful wedded adventure. Clever, pretty (and odd) Angelika Frankenstein has run out of suitors and fears she may become the exception to this family rule. When assisting in her brother Victor’s ground-breaking experiment to bring a reassembled man back to life, she realizes that having an agreeable gentleman convalescing in the guest suite might be a chance to let a man get to know the real her. For the first time, Angelika embarks upon a project that is all her own.</p>

<p>When her handsome scientific miracle sits up on the lab table, her hopes for an instant romantic connection are thrown into disarray. Her resurrected beau (named Will for the moment) has total amnesia and is solely focused on uncovering his true identity. Trying to ignore their heart-pounding chemistry, Angelika reluctantly joins the investigation into his past, hoping it will bring them closer. But when a second suitor emerges to aid their quest, Angelika wonders if she was too hasty inventing a solution. Perhaps fate is not something that can be influenced in a laboratory? Or is Will (or whatever his name is!) her dream man, tailored for her in every way? And can he survive what was done to him in the name of science, and love?</p>

<p>Filled with carriages, candlesticks, and corpses, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match is the spooky-season reimagining of the well-known classic that reminds us to never judge a man by his cadaver!</p>

<p>Tools of Engagement: A Novel (Hot and Hammered, 3)</p>

<p>The 1 New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer and Hook, Line, and Sinker brings the heat in this rom-com about two enemies who team up to flip a house because their chemistry will either burn the place down or ignite a passion that neither can ignore...</p>

<p>Hair, makeup, clothing, decor... everything in Bethany Castle's world is organized, planned, and styled to perfection. Which is why the homes she designs for her family's real estate business are the most coveted in town. The only thing not perfect? Her track record with men. She's on a dating hiatus and after helping her friends achieve their dreams, Bethany finally has time to focus on her own: flip a house, from framework to furnishings, all by herself. Except her older brother runs the company and refuses to take her seriously.</p>

<p>When a television producer gets wind of the Castle sibling rivalry, they’re invited on Flip Off, a competition to see who can do the best renovation. Bethany wants bragging rights, but she needs a crew and the only member of her brother's construction team willing to jump ship is Wes Daniels, the new guy in town. His Texas drawl and handsome face got under Bethany's skin on day one, and the last thing she needs is some cocky young cowboy in her way.</p>

<p>As the race to renovate heats up, Wes and Bethany are forced into close quarters, trading barbs and biting banter as they remodel the ugliest house on the block. It's a labor of love, hate, and everything in between, and soon sparks are flying. But Bethany's perfectly structured life is one kiss away from going up in smoke and she knows falling for a guy like Wes would be a flipping disaster.</p>

<p>“Her voice feels as fresh and contemporary as a Netflix rom-com.” —Entertainment Weekly</p>

<p>Make Me (Broke And Beautiful, Book 3)</p>

<p>USA TODAY BESTSELLER </p>

<p>From the 1 New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer and Hook, Line, and Sinker comes the last sexy and hilarious novel about three broke and beautiful best friends...</p>

<p>Construction worker Russell Hart has been head-over-work boots for Abby Sullivan since the moment he laid eyes on her. But he knows a classy, uptown virgin like her could never be truly happy with a rough, blue-collar guy like him. If only she'd stop treating him like her personal hero—a role he craves more than oxygen—maybe he could accept it.</p>

<p>With the future of her family's company on her shoulders, Abby barely has time to sleep, let alone find love. And her best friend Russell acting like a sexy, overprotective hulk any time their Super Group goes out in public definitely isn't helping her single status. But after a near-tragedy lands Russell in her bed for the night, Abby's suddenly fantasizing about what he looks like shirtless. Chest hair and tattoos—who knew?</p>

<p>As Russell struggles to keep Abby at a safe distance, she begins to see through his tough-talking exterior—and acknowledge her own feelings. Now she's ready to turn the friend-zone into foreplay…and make him lose control.</p>

<p>"The women share fun banter, but the repartee between Russell and Abby is especially enjoyable... depth, heart, and a lot of playfulness.” – Library Journal (starred review)</p>

<p>Don't Want You Like a Best Friend: A Novel (The Mischief &amp; Matchmaking Series, 1)</p>

<p>A swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from having to seek husbands by setting up their widowed parents, and instead find their perfect match in each other—the lesbian Bridgerton/Parent Trap you never knew you needed!</p>

<p>Gwen has a brilliant beyond brilliant idea.</p>

<p>It’s 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be out on the street. But playing the blushing ingenue makes Beth’s skin crawl and she’d rather be anywhere but here.</p>

<p>Gwen, on the other hand, is on her fourth season and counting, with absolutely no intention of finding a husband, possibly ever. She figures she has plenty of security as the only daughter of a rakish earl, from whom she’s gotten all her flair, fun, and less-than-proper party games.</p>

<p>“Let’s get them together,” she says.</p>

<p>It doesn’t take long for Gwen to hatch her latest scheme: rather than surrender Beth to courtship, they should set up Gwen’s father and Beth’s newly widowed mother. Let them get married instead.</p>

<p>“It’ll be easy” she says.</p>

<p>There’s just…one, teeny, tiny problem. Their parents kind of seem to hate each other.</p>

<p>But no worries. Beth and Gwen are more than up to the challenge of a little twenty-year-old heartbreak. How hard can parent-trapping widowed ex-lovers be?</p>

<p>Of course, just as their plan begins to unfold, a handsome, wealthy viscount starts calling on Beth, offering up the perfect, secure marriage.</p>

<p>Beth’s not mature enough for this…</p>

<p>Now Gwen must face the prospect of sharing Beth with someone else, forever. And Beth must reckon with the fact that she’s caught feelings, hard, and they’re definitely not for her potential fiancé.</p>

<p>That’s the trouble with matchmaking: sometimes you accidentally fall in love with your best friend in the process.</p>

<p>Vine Mess 2: Unfortunately Yours</p>

<p>1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey is back in Napa Valley with this hilarious rom-com about a down-on-her-luck heiress who suggests a mutually beneficial marriage of convenience to a man she can’t stand... only to discover there’s a fine line between love and hate.</p>

<p>After losing her job and her fiancé in one fell swoop, Natalie Vos returned home to lick her wounds. A few months later, she’s sufficiently drowned her sorrows in cabernet and she’s ready to get back on her feet. She just needs her trust fund to finance her new business venture. Unfortunately, the terms require she marry before she can have the money. And well, dumped, remember?</p>

<p>But Natalie is desperate enough to propose to a man who makes her want to kill him—and kiss him, in equal measure. </p>

<p>August Cates may own a vineyard, but he doesn’t know jack about making wine. He’s determined to do his late best friend proud, no matter what it takes. Except his tasting room is empty, his wine is disgusting (seriously, he once saw someone gag), and his buddy’s legacy is circling the drain. No bank will give him the loan he needs to turn the business around... and then the gorgeous, feisty heiress knocks on his door.</p>

<p>Natalie has haunted August's dreams since the moment they met, but their sizzling chemistry immediately morphed into simmering insults. Now, a quickie marriage could help them both. A sham wedding, a few weeks living under the same roof, and then they can go their separate ways—assuming they make it out alive. How hard could it be?</p>

<p>There’s just one thing they didn’t account for: their unfortunate, unbearable, undeniable attraction.</p>