BIG announcements today. Huge. The biggest announcements you've ever seen. (Side note: DO NOT MISS THE FREE BOOK IN THIS EMAIL.)

A few weeks ago, I asked you what you wanted to read next, and THE RESULTS ARE IN! So, here's a run-down of the novels I have planned over the next year:

1. I will be releasing another standalone thriller in the very near future. It's dark, it's twisty, and her voice has been gnawing at my brain non-stop--I already have a couple chapters down on paper. WHOOP.
2. Poppy and Petrosky WILL be getting their own series, Born Bad in Ash Park. It's a serial-killer-with-a-detective-friend mash-up that will rock your world. I know you'll love it--I mean, you have to, right? You voted for it.
3. THE BIG NEWS TODAY: a wild and twisted collaboration with author Emerald O'Brien that will be coming out SOON (in the next month or two).

So, who is this whack job (it's a term of endearment) I'm working with? 

She’s desperate to leave the past behind her. But fear has a way of following.

Lynda’s desperate to leave the past behind her after the tragic murder of her father. But when a series of mysterious events occur, she wonders if she’s destined for the same fate… Is it paranoia — or is Lynda an unwitting participant in someone’s dark, deadly game? Find out for FREE today only—because nothing says “treat yourself” like twisty psychological suspense.

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As an aside, I'm rarely on social media these days, so this newsletter is your best bet to keep up. So you don't feel left out of Meta tomfoolery, here's a newsletter-exclusive picture of a sloth plotting a murderous rampage. (They only pretend to be slow so we'll let our guard down.) #TotallyLegit #NoPhotoshop

HILARITY

Two men, Nathaniel and Daniel, are captured by a madman. Daniel is sent into a room with a one-way window that only Daniel could see through. On the other side, he saw his friend, Nate, with the kidnapper.

Nate looks very frightened but if they've learned anything together during their years of friendship, it's that they'd always make it out of bad situations. The madman finishes talking to Nate and walks out of the room, Nate with a relieved smile on his face. Then, the madman walks into the room that Daniel is in.

Daniel scoots back into his chair.

"Now, now, now... I'm not gonna hurt you," says the madman.

"You're not? Are you g- gonna hurt Nathaniel?" Daniel is literally trembling.

"No." He pauses, "You are."

Daniel, worried for his friend and himself, is presented with a table with a lever and a button.

"This button will allow you to be with your friend but trapped in here for a month. Or, you can flip this lever to allow you to escape but kill your friend Nate."

Daniel reluctantly reaches to press the button.

"Ah, the button. And why did you pick that option?"

"Well," Daniel says, "better Nate than lever."

That joke is about as sappy as I get, so I hope you appreciate it, you glorious punks.

Happy reading!

Meghan