Bree Wagner is “the book whisperer,” a ghostwriter who deals with authors only through an agent. But Randi Alexander is a childhood friend and pulls that friendship marionette string for Bree directly to ghostwrite and promote her books. Bree had “learned early on in our friendship that boundaries are only a suggestion” for Randi.

"WHEN YOU TELL is a tale of manipulation, deception and catastrophic consequences. A shocking plot arc defines psychological suspense."

Darin Peters is “a New York shark” who owns a marketing firm that protects clients’ interests for a high fee. His special client is Randi, a phoenix perpetually rising from the ashes of dumpster fires of her own creation. She has never faced the consequences of her reckless actions. Now she repeatedly has committed the publishing world’s most egregious breach: plagiarism. And it’s not just phrases but verbatim entire pages that Bree recognizes as the work of other authors.

Periodic time travel back 18 years to Amsterdam, before Miranda became Randi, is beneficial backstory that melds into the present for Bree and especially Randi, whose “life is one big merry-go-round of craziness; the only way to get off the ride is to destroy your own career.”
 
A vehicle crash had killed Bree’s mother and older sister, leaving her and younger sister, Kori, to care for a six-year-old traumatized nephew. Jude's two aunts create code words for him to use to let them know that he’s in distress or for alternative pickup at school. But Jude is used as a pawn in a nefarious ruse to end the social media obliteration of Randi.

Selecting the least destructive option, Bree chooses a venue best suited for Jude and to get off Randi’s carousel of craziness without demolishing her own career. 

Steena Holmes is the bestselling author of more than 55 books, including several series. WHEN YOU TELL is a tale of manipulation, deception and catastrophic consequences. A shocking plot arc defines psychological suspense.