Whacked

From Jackie Collins toPeople magazine, authors and press alike have laudedWhacked as a dark and sexy guilty pleasure.Parade,Real Simple magazine, theNew York Post, and theHouston Chronicle all selectedWhacked as a summer reading pick, and author Jules Asner was featured everywhere from Good Morning America to theLos Angeles Times. Life promises to be perfect for Dani Hale. She has an almost-perfect boyfriend named Dave and a dream job writing for the TV crime series Flesh and Bone that allows her to indulge her macabre forensic passions. But something isn't quite right with her relationship, and Dani-a wily and inventive snoop-learns that Dave's real creative talents are (1) lying and (2) cheating on her. Soon she is plunged into the world of Los Angeles singledom, enduring a battalion of bad dates with men whose peccadilloes would drive a lesser woman to kill. At her wit's end, Dani is driven to a dramatic extreme that is as shocking as it is sensible in the girl-eat-girl world of Hollywood. Praised by critics as the perfect beach read, Jules Asner'sWhacked is a wicked tale of relationships, betrayal, and very modern revenge.