Together, they might be the only people in Hollywood who can do something about these poor missing girls. They both have gifts that they are hiding, for fear of being labeled strange: he is immune to injury and she can speak to ghosts. When the co-stars get tangled up in the disappearance of a beautiful young actress, they go from bitter enemies and pretend lovers to reluctant partners-and possibly even friends. And by the skin of her teeth, she pulls it off! A serendipitous job offer arrives and Henrietta finds herself on a whirlwind publicity tour for a major film role-with a vexingly unpleasant actor tapped by the studio to be her fake boyfriend.īut fierce Henrietta has more in common with brooding Declan than she realizes. She’s determined to make it as an actress, despite her family’s doubts and rumors of would-be starlets gone missing.
An irresistible caper perfect for fans of The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, in an exquisite hardcover package with rose-gold foil.A budding starlet and her handsome-but-moody co-star go from bitter enemies to reluctant partners when they get tangled up in the disappearance of a beautiful young actress in 1930s Hollywood.Įighteen-year-old Henrietta arrives in Los Angeles in 1934 with dreams of trading her boring life for stardom. Waltzing between a supernaturally enhanced romance, the battle to take down a gentleman’s club, and loyal friendships worth their weight in diamonds, Ruby brings defiant charm to every page of Murder for the Modern Girl-not to mention killer fashion.
Even more unfortunately: sharp, independent Ruby has fallen in love with him. No one knows that she uses her mind-reading abilities to target men who prey on vulnerable women, men who escape the clutches of Chicago “justice.” When she meets a brilliant boy working at the morgue, his knack for forensic detail threatens to uncover her dark hobby. Until now, eighteen-year-old Ruby’s penchant for poison has been a secret. It’s a match made in 1928 Chicago, where gangsters run City Hall, jazz fills the air, and every good girl’s purse conceals a flask. Gatsby-era glamour, a swoon-worthy love story, and an indomitable heroine dazzle in this romp that captures the extravagance of the Roaring Twenties and the dangers of vigilante justice.Ī ravishing young mind reader stalks the streets at night in kitten heels, prowling for men to murder.Ī soft-spoken genius toils away in the city morgue, desperate to unearth the science behind his gift for shapeshifting.
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