In this taut psychological thriller, a couple and their houseguest find themselves caught in a deadly web of secrets, obsession, and revenge. It is summer, 2012. Charlie, a wealthy banker with an uneasy conscience, invites his troubled cousin Matthew to visit him and his wife in their idyllic mountaintop house. As the days grow hotter, the friendship between the three begins to reveal its fault lines, and with the arrival of a fourth character, the household finds itself suddenly in the grip of uncontrollable passions. As readers of James Lasdun’s acclaimed fiction can expect, The Fall Guy is a complex moral tale as well as a gripping suspense story, probing questions of guilt and betrayal with ruthless incisiveness. Who is the real victim here? Who is the perpetrator? And who, ultimately, is the fall guy? Darkly vivid, with an atmosphere of erotic danger, The Fall Guy is Lasdun’s most entertaining novel yet.

Fiery Evan Lennox is dreading community service, until she meets Winchester Youngblood. Winch is mysterious and sexy as hell, and Evan soon finds herself falling for his bad boy charm. But Winch has some dark secrets of his own and they threaten to destroy everything. Should Evan follow her instincts and give into temptation . . . or will Winchester prove too hot to handle? 'Winch and Evan sizzle on every page. Keep a fan handy . . . or a fire extinguisher!' Tammara Webber Also by Liz Reinhardt: Double Clutch Junk Miles Slow Twitch

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