Publication Date: February 14, 2023
A perfectly wicked debut thriller about an ambitious woman who, after a lifetime of conning alongside her mother, wants to leave her dark past behind and marry the heir to one of the country’s wealthiest families.
Like any enterprising woman, Bea knows what she’s worth and is determined to get all she deserves—it just so happens that what she deserves is to marry rich. Filthy rich. After years of forced instruction by her mother in the art of swindling men, a now-solo Bea wants nothing more than to close and lock the door on their sordid partnership so she can disappear safely into old-money domesticity, sealing the final phase of her escape.
When Bea chooses her ultimate target in the fully loaded, thoroughly dull and blue-blooded Collin Case, she’s ready to deploy all of her tricks one last time. The challenge isn’t getting the ring, but rather the approval of Collin’s family and everyone else in their 1 percent tax bracket, particularly his childhood best friend, Gale Wallace-Leicester.
Going toe-to-toe with Gale isn’t a threat to an expert like Bea, but what begins as an amusing cat-and-mouse game quickly develops into a dangerous pursuit of the grisly truth. Finding herself at a literal life-and-death crossroads with everything on the line, Bea must finally decide who she really wants to be.
Like mother, like daughter?
Bea is at the top of the con game, especially since she learned from the best. She’s searching for the ultimate payout, but to get it, she faces the biggest challenge of her life.
In Stone Cold Fox, author Rachel Koller Croft introduces readers to a roller coaster ride of intensity as a skilled con artist takes on an insanely wealthy family. She’s already won the guy, but getting the approval of his friends and family will require some next-level plotting.
Bea is the epitome of a trickster, always searching for an angle. Her beauty, carefully maintained, gives her an advantage, but the tools she learns from her mother provide her with time-tested skills. However, she’s looking for a permanent arrangement where she can finally be herself.
Collin Case may have fallen under Bea’s spell, but his best friend, Gale, has no intention of accepting her into their tight circle. In fact, Gale is determined to uncover all of Bea’s secrets. What starts out as a cat-and-mouse game takes a sinister turn.
As a debut novel, Stone Cold Fox provides a sizzling storyline demonstrating the lengths a woman will go to in securing her future.
Rachel Koller Croft is an author and screenwriter in Los Angeles where she has scripted projects for Blumhouse, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Comedy Central, among others. She lives by the beach with her husband, Charles, and their rescue pitbull, Juniper. STONE COLD FOX is her first novel.
