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CROSS MY HEART

Megan Collins

A woman with a heart transplant develops a dangerous infatuation with her donor's husband - who may have had something to do with his late wife's death. This twisty, razor-sharp tightrope of a novel is the story of a woman who thinks she's in a rom-com, only to realize it's a thriller. Think You've Got Mail if written by Gillian Flynn.

Rosie Lachlan wants nothing more than to fall in love. Working at her parents' bridal store and fresh off a breakup a year ago, her mystery heartbreak symptoms turned out to be real symptoms of a "broken" heart, resulting in a heart transplant. She suspects her heart donor is Daphne Thorne, the wife of local celebrity author Morgan Thorne. She begins messaging him via an anonymous service called DonorConnect, ostensibly to learn more about Daphne. But Rosie has a secret: She's convinced that now that she has his wife's heart, she and Morgan are meant to be together. As she and Morgan correspond, the pretense of ignoring personal details disappears, and as Rosie digs further into his wife's death, she discovers disturbing rumors: that Morgan himself may have been responsible for the fall that killed his wife and that he may not be the perfect, understanding husband he's always appeared to be. Can Rosie's heart sustain another heartbreak--or is she next? Megan Collins is the author of Thicker Than Water, The Family Plot, Behind the Red Door, and The Winter Sister. She taught creative writing for many years at both the high school and college level and is the managing editor of 3Elements Literary Review.

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Book Published 2025-01-14 by Atria Books

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With her fifth novel, Megan Collins proves once again why she should be on everyone's must-read list! Cross Your Heart is the best type of psychological suspenseone that you want to immediately read again once you get to the last satisfying page. It has everything I love as a reader an unreliable yet sympathetic narrator, cast of deliciously twisted people, razor sharp observations about relationships, and one twist after another. I read it in one night!

Part love story, part thriller, Cross My Heart is a sharply clever, highly entertaining, shifting kaleidoscope of a mystery.

[S]pine-tingling. Collins expertly homes in on her characters' complexities, nailing the way Rosie's vulnerability gradually slips into obsession. With a pulse-pounding finale and plenty of exciting plot twists along the way, this is difficult to put down.

Original, fast-paced, and with a twist in the middle that will leave your jaw on the floor, Cross My Heart deserves to be at the top of your must-read list!

When Rosie Lachlan's heart transplant leads her to her donor's husband, a renowned crime fiction author, she thinks she's finally found 'the one'.but will Rosie's longing for true love blind her to the suspicious nature of his wife's death? It's rare to find a thriller that strikes a perfect balance between mystery and emotional complexity, but that's the magic of Cross My Heart. Expect relentless tension, skillful misdirection, poet-worthy prose, and one of the best binge-reading sessions of your life. Megan Collins has outdone herself, and Cross My Heart is a triumph.

Ukrainian: LLC Publishing House

If Nora Ephron had written your favorite thriller, it would be Cross My Heart. Equal parts spine-tingling and soul-wrenching, Collins' latest unpacks the perils of parasocial relationships and the lies we tell ourselves with devilish wit, sizzling prose and a hair-raiser of a plot. The twists will have your jaw on the floor and your heart beating in time to Rosie's borrowed one. A true pulse-pounder with one question at its core: how far would you go to be with the one you (think you) love?

Shocking, clever, and thoroughly enthralling. With its graceful prose and utterly jaw-dropping moments, this twisted yet heartfelt tale of deadly obsession is impossible to put down. A hypnotic stunner.

Cross My Heart is a smart-as-a-whip thriller: electric, original, juicy, and full of clever twists and turns. Rosie Lachlan gives major Joe Goldberg vibes in the BEST wayan unhinged heroine fixated on love, with a big heart and an even bigger edge to her. Megan Collins is a master of suspense, with the ability to balance a page-turning plot with absolutely sparkling proseI am in awe.