Every July 26th, six friends fake entirely new identities for one night.

New names.
New personalities.
New lives.

By morning, some of it won’t feel fake anymore.

The rules are simple: stay in character, don’t drop the act, and whatever happens isn’t your fault. It’s your character’s.

This year, Ashley becomes Detective Vee and goes all in.

Armed with a suspect board, a magnifying glass, and way too much caffeine, she starts spinning theories about what’s happening around her. What she finds instead is glitter explosions, emotional meltdowns, half-baked chemistry experiments, workaholic accountants, alcohol, questionable substances, and a desire for another woman with no exit plan.

Inspired by the author’s experience at a regional Burning Man event, where trying on a different identity blurred the line between performance and truth, Fake Night dives into what happens when pretending starts to feel real.

Fake Night is not a cozy mystery or a tidy romance.

It’s a chaotic, fast-paced queer dark comedy about identity, found family, and the messy space between who we pretend to be and who we actually are.

Packed with dark humor, volatile relationships, alcohol, drugs, and moments of real discomfort, this book is for readers who like their queer fiction wild, emotional, and unapologetically off the rails.

⚠️ Content warning: alcohol and drug use, emotional volatility, and boundary-pushing scenes.

Expect chaos. No seatbelts provided.