Cassie Wright knows how to curate the perfect life online. Calm, capable, and always in control, she's built a career managing other people's worlds while keeping her own carefully guarded.

When she crosses paths with award-winning actor Devan Osbourne, an unexpected connection sparks. But just as their story begins, Cassie is pulled into the orbit of another man: charming, powerful, and dangerous.

As the lines between truth and illusion blur, Cassie must navigate a world built on performance, where charm becomes a weapon and love is the only thing that feels real.

Revealing what's behind the smoke and mirrors could cost Cassie everything. But how long can she survive in a world built on illusion and lies, and what will remain when the truth finally comes out?

Told with heart, heat, and startling emotional honesty, Smoke and Mirrors is a slow-burn contemporary romance about grief, growth, and the terrifying beauty of letting someone in, especially when they're the one person who might see all of you, and stay.

Perfect for hopeless romantics, lovers of celebrity and rockstar romance, and fans of Beth Moran, Phoebe MacLeod, Robinne Lee and Taylor Jenkins Reid.

What readers say

Smoke and Mirrors readers

OMG, OMG, OMG!!!! Spellbindingly delicious and un-put-down able!! I loved it.

Lou

A breathtaking, occasionally heartbreaking, joy of a novel.

Lisa Brace, author

Really, really impressive... and utterly addictive!

Lucy

It's brilliant. I've never read a book so fast ignoring everything else!

Alice

I could see a film being made from this amazing love story.

JulieM, Amazon review

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