Storm has acquired The Book Club Confessions by bestselling author Amanda McKinney. Deputy Managing Director Claire Bord secured World All Language rights from Jill Marsal of Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
Four friends arrive at The Gilded Spire for a luxury book club retreat built around the very thriller they are reading. Then each woman starts to receive anonymous letters, unearthing a buried secret with the power to wreck a marriage, splinter a family, or destroy a career. They soon realise someone at the gothic estate knows everything they have hidden, is keeping score, and will not stop until their carefully curated lives go up in flames.
Bord commented:
“The Book Club Confessions has an irresistible hook combining the appeal of a book club with the suspense of a closed-circle thriller in a luxury retreat. Amanda has built a huge fanbase who cannot get enough of her emotional and twist- filled thrillers, and I know they’re going to go wild for this novel. We could not be more excited to keep growing Amanda’s readership and bring this story to a wide audience.”
McKinney said:
“I’m thrilled to be partnering with Claire and the entire Storm team on The Book Club Confessions. This is a story about secrets, betrayal, and the masks we wear to protect ourselves. I can’t wait for readers to check into The Gilded Spire and discover what happens when those masks begin to crack.”
The Book Club Confessions will be published in April 2027 in trade paperback and available in bookshops across the United States and Canada as part of Storm’s partnership with Two Rivers. The book will also be published in ebook, and audio.
Amanda McKinney is the multi-award-winning author of more than thirty suspense and thriller novels. Her work has earned over fifteen literary awards and nominations – among them the prestigious Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence – and has been spotlighted by outlets including POPSUGAR and the Today Show, cementing her reputation as a trusted name in commercial suspense.
To find out more about Amanda, visit her website or connect with her on Instagram and Facebook.
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