Publication Date: June 30, 2026
Succession in Las Vegas! From bestselling writing duo Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman, a sexy and suspense-packed thriller about the prodigal daughter of a Las Vegas casino empire who returns to take over her family business, only to discover that she’s up against the Mob, the Feds, and her own brothers.
When Josie King left Las Vegas in the 90s, she never looked back. The daughter of gambling mogul Roy King, spirited math whiz Josie grew up on the casino floor but deliberately turned away from the family business. She’s been living a quiet life in LA as an accountant and a single mom when she finds herself summoned back to Sin City. Now, fifteen years later, her father has died unexpectedly, and Josie’s siblings are already gathered for the reading of his will…only to discover that in order to inherit they must spend three years working together at the notorious family casino, The Jackpot.
Josie’s pride won’t let her walk away from the family empire again, so she agrees to take charge of the casino’s finances. She quickly discovers that while Roy King was once the most powerful man in Vegas, times have changed. These days, everyone has a piece of the action: Josie’s brothers, the FBI, the local mobsters, even the sexy rival casino owner who’s more than a friend. Las Vegas is more dangerous than ever, but Josie knows that to save the family business she’ll have to wade in deeper…
Stacked with sex, crime, sibling rivalry, and mountains of cash, The Kings of Vegas is an electrifying thriller with a tough and irresistible heroine at the center of the action.
When Josie King returns home for her father’s funeral, she gets caught up in a web of intrigue tied to her inheritance.
Authors Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman deliver a sizzling thriller in The Kings of Vegas. From the very beginning, when Josie encounters a handsome stranger to the explosive reading of the will, it’s clear that she’s a sassy character.
Working in the family casino may meet the terms of her father’s will, but nothing prepares Josie for the changes unleashed by her brother’s leadership. Sibling rivalry, especially mixed with power and money, can get dirty.
The storyline is packed with interesting twists as gangsters, the FBI, and the reappearance of that handsome stranger amp up the tension. Josie knows her family’s reputation is on the line, but she never imagined the destructive fallout.
The Kings of Vegas delivers a powerful story that illustrates the collision between family and money, along with the collateral damage that ensues.
Karen Mack, a former attorney, is a Golden Globe Award-winning film and television producer. She has co-authored four books with author Jennifer Kaufman: most recently The Kings of Vegas, reviewed by Publisher’s Weekly as “a suspenseful and entertaining trip to Sin City.”
Previous books include Freud’s Mistress, which received four stars from People and was on USA Today, Vanity Fair, and Marie Claire’s best summer reading lists; Literacy and Longing in L.A., which reached #1 on the Los Angeles Times Bestseller List and won the Best Fiction Award from the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association; and the Los Angeles Times bestselling novel, A Version of the Truth. Karen lives in Los Angeles with her family.
Jennifer Kaufman is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times and a two-time winner of the national Penney-Missouri Journalism Award. Jennifer has co-authored four books with Karen Mack: most recently, The Kings of Vegas, which is currently in development with M Studios. Kaufman and Mack’s third novel, Freud’s Mistress, received four stars from People magazine and was on USA Today’s, Vanity Fair’s, and Marie Claire’s best summer reading list for 2013; Their second novel, Literacy and Longing in L.A., reached #1 on the Los Angeles Time Bestseller List and won the Best Fiction Award from the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association. Jennifer lives in Los Angeles with her family.
