IF BOOKS COULD KILL - Paperback

She thought she was in a romance. Fate threw her into a thriller...

Will happily ever after still be possible when fiction and reality begin to blur?

Roxie makes a tongue-in-cheek wish to live out the plot of her favourite author's next novel. Naturally, she has romance in mind—sweet, safe, swoon-worthy romance, just like the stories bestselling author Anna Matthews is known for.

When a mysterious busker grants her wish, it seems like a dream come true. Roxie is swept into a fairy-tale first date with a dashing stranger who appears destined to take her breath away.

Except for one small problem...

He tries to take her breath away. Literally. With a knife.

It turns out Roxie may indeed be the new Anna Matthews protagonist—but this time, Anna is writing a crime thriller.

Trapped inside a perilous genre she has never even read, Roxie desperately needs help. When her escape from a potential murderer brings her face-to-face with Grant Hoffman—an anxious English professor with a conveniently extensive knowledge of crime fiction—she decides that a little light kidnapping is a small price to pay for survival.

Together, Roxie and Grant must navigate a wildly unpredictable story where fiction and reality collide. But can they survive long enough to reach The End—and perhaps even find their own Happily Ever After?

A witty, twisty, genre-bending romantic thriller perfect for fans of The Flatshare, In Five Years, A Novel Love Story, and films such as The Lost City and Hit Man.