Forty Pounds of Flesh
by Sans Emmert
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Pub Date 1 Jun 2018 | Archive Date 17 Sep 2018
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Description
The movie script of a lifetime—or the crime of the century?
Troubled and film-obsessed Damon is lovestruck by Deidre’s Savannah beauty. He wants to make her the star in his imagined screenplays, but millionaire magnate Michael Alexander has turned her head with expensive taste and promises to leave his beauty queen wife.
An unplanned pregnancy tips the balance in struggling Damon’s favor—for a while. But when Deidre leaves with the baby, Damon suspects the boy he’s been raising isn’t his.
Pushed to his breaking point and helpless against overwhelming odds, Damon finds inspiration in movies, and sets out to write the revenge script of a lifetime.
Can Damon craft his own happy ending? Or will his blurred boundary between fiction and reality incite a real mystery infinitely more sinister?
The repercussions of honesty—or deception—in this darkly romantic psychological suspense will leave you gasping for air.
Advance Praise
“Not for the faint-hearted, Sans Emmert’s writing is compelling as he introduces us to the dark psychological trauma highlighted by the complexity of nature vs. nurture. Patricia Highsmith fans might truly appreciate the way Sans Emmert dives into this genre.”  —Ludwig Riviera
 
“Fantastic novel...reminiscent of the most heinous murder mystery of decades past, this coming of age tale of obsessive love is the whydunit everyone’s been waiting for.”
—Heidi Lynn
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