Entanglement

Two young women with troubled pasts find comfort in their unlikely friendship-until devastating secrets and a dangerous man get in the way. "Entanglement will captivate audiences" (Readers' Favorite 5-Star Review) and will have you wondering who to trust...

Socially awkward Greta and beautiful and confident Daphne move to Hollywood to start a new life. Daphne is determined to make it big, while Greta only wants to find stability. When Greta, who had always relied on her charismatic friend, pulls away and asserts her independence, a power struggle ensues.

And then one night Daphne takes her Hollywood ambitions a step too far, her actions pushing Greta into the path of danger.

Can Greta-and the friendship-survive?

Donna Tartt meets Tana French in this tense, evocative tale of love and friendship-and everything in between. Perfect for fans of psychological thrillers and women's fiction.

Author Interview

I think we're all fascinated by the people who don't quite fit in to the normal cone of expected human behavior. These are the people who were outcasts in high school, and who maybe were in college, too. They might have had a friend or two, but they struggled to say the right thing, and it showed. They were socially awkward. Maybe you wondered what goes on inside their heads. With Greta, I get to show you.

It seems as if it could fall into several genres.

Entanglement unravels like a mystery yet it focuses on the close relationship between two women, so I'd say it's part psychological thriller, part women's fiction.

What makes Entanglement fresh?

Many great books have been set in L.A. My favorite is Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion. I needed to find a way to tell an L.A. story that didn't replay old themes, or a way that would at least bend those themes into new, unpredictable shapes. No one in this novel wants to be a movie star, for example. In fact, they heap scorn on those who do, even if they do enjoy the L.A. night life.

The story focuses on love and friendship, in this case between two 20-something girls. What can you say about their relationship?

Everything about the girls' familial relationships was broken. These two had no one else until they met each other. It's hard to imagine a friendship like that. I had a friendship like that once, but it's gone now. I wanted to write about how that intensity can keep you alive when it seems like nothing else will, and what it's like to lose it.

What types of books do you enjoy reading?

I will read any book except ones where the female characters are afterthoughts or non-existent. I love historical romance, urban fantasies, Booker Prize winners, SF (especially by women, and I wish there were more), psychological thrillers like Tana French (she's her own category), P.D. James (so is she), and of course that great big category called women's fiction.