Lake County

Set in 1950s Florida, this Southern Gothic thriller by Lori Roy reimagines Marilyn Monroe’s life through the eyes of a young woman named Addie Anne Buckley, whose ambition to escape her small town and follow her dreams leads her into a dangerous world. As her relationship with her boyfriend unravels, a mob-connected secret threatens to entangle her family and alter her fate forever. With high stakes and a gripping storyline, the novel explores themes of ambition, love, and survival in a turbulent era.