Queen of Hearts

By Heather Day Gilbert,

Book cover of Queen of Hearts

Book description

Her readers love her...
but one has gotten a little too attached.

Alexandra Dubois, a NYT bestselling author, has made a name for herself by crafting twisted serial killers in her romantic suspense series. When threatening notes from an "invested reader" escalate into violence, Alex has to admit she's not…


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Why read it?

1 author picked Queen of Hearts as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This was good, clean fun: a stalker novel yet not traumatic. It felt more like a puzzle I wanted to help the main character solve. And I loved seeing the story from Alex's point of view. She's a neurodivergent character with high-functioning autism, and being in her head helped me understand her. Oh, and mountains. The story's set in gorgeous West Virginia in the mountains.