Dark Friendship Fiction
Four writers. Four genres. Four reasons to kill.
When four broke writers meet for their annual retreat in upstate New York, they share it all—insulting rejection letters, crushing disappointments, the projects that almost made it but fell short. With too much wine, and the need to let loose, they decide to have some harmless fun and create an outlandish story using AI.
But what starts out as a joke produces a real book that accidentally goes viral and shocks them with a cash windfall that changes everything. As book sales surge and the pressure to maintain their anonymity mounts, they turn against each other, leading to deadly consequences.
In The Accidental Life of MF Ascher, loyalties are tested, reputations are at stake, and revenge is the only way out.
Dark, gripping, and laugh-out-loud funny, this is a novel about friendship and the intoxicating dangers of money, technology, and the blinding quest to succeed at any cost.
“Clever, unique and well written with a twisty storyline filled with complicated characters you love to hate and hate to love. The plot is perfectly paced and takes the reader on a thrill ride from start to finish.”
- Heather Frimmer, author of There's Always Hope
Collaborative Pen Name,
Ivy H. Booker
Ivy H. Booker is the pen name of a small group of writers who came together through the Women’s Fiction Writers Association. Between the four of them, they’ve published over 20 books.
Sara LaFontain lives in Arizona, where her husband lovingly supplies her with chocolate to fuel her writing habit. She is the author of the romantic women’s fiction Whispering Pines Island series, and the Corbitt Calamities pop star thrillers. Prior to becoming an author, Sara held a variety of jobs ranging from the unusual (wildlife tour guide in the Brazilian Pantanal) to the emotional (domestic violence case advocate) to the respectable (attorney). She also works as an Author Accelerator certified book coach.
Julie Mayerson Brown is an author, essayist, and playwright. Her Clearwater Series, five novels and a YA novella, takes place in a charming town in California Wine Country. The books all feature lovable, quirky characters, adorable dogs, best-friendships, and delicious sticky buns. In addition to feel good stories, Julie writes book club fiction that delves into darker themes of family dysfunction, betrayal, and suspense. She lives in Los Angeles with her family and a pack of rescued boxers.
Marina DelVecchio is the author of Dear Jane (2019), The Professor’s Wife (2021), The Virgin Chronicles (2022), and Unsexed: Memoirs of a Prostitute’s Daughter (2024). Her essays appear in Ms. Magazine, the Huffington Post, The New Agenda, The Tishman Review, WE Magazine for Women, and Vast Literary Magazine, among others. She teaches writing, literature, and women’s studies as a full-time professor in North Carolina.
Jen Sinclair pens personal essays and contemporary fiction that explore complicated relationships, love, loss, and all the messiness of life. She lives in Florida, with her husband, kids, and spoiled puppies. When she isn’t working out story elements, belting out songs from one of her many Spotify playlists, or having conversations with imaginary friends, she enjoys spending time outside walking beaches and trails, paddling waterways, or driving around with the top off her Jeep.
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