A gripping new novel from bestselling author J. D. Mason about a wealthy Texas family and the one woman who holdsโand will revealโall their dirty secrets
Desdimona Green has been the name on everyoneโs lips in Blink, Texas. Twenty-five years ago, at the age of eighteen, she shot and killed one of Blinkโs wealthiest men, a pillar of the community, oil baron Julian Gatewood. The Gatewood family was considered untouchable, so the whole state of Texas was rocked to its core over Julianโs murder. But people were even more shocked to discover that Desi was Julianโs daughter and that her mother had been his lover for years.
When Desi gets out of jail and promptly inherits millions from Julianโs estate, everyone knows that there is much more to the storyโand Desi Green is the keeper of the Gatewood secrets, including what happened the night Julian died. When a famous true-crime reporter shows up on her doorstep wanting the full story, Desi agrees to reveal all, much to the horror of the Gatewoods, who will do anything to stop her. But Desi has more than a few tricks up her sleeve.
J. D. Mason is the author of Somebody Pick Up My Pieces, That Devilโs No Friend of Mine, You Gotta Sin to Get Saved, This Fire down in My Soul, Donโt Want No Sugar, And on the Eighth Day She Rested, One Day I Saw a Black King, and Take Your Pleasure Where You Find It. She lives in Denver with her two children.
Nicole Small (a.k.a. Shayna Small) is an actress/singer born and raised in Chicago. In the middle of her freshman year of high school she relocated to Baltimore to attend a performing arts school. She holds a BFA in drama at the Juilliard School. Her theater credits include Hurt Village and The Threepenny Opera.