Pretending to Be Erica
Michelle Painchaud

Violet’s father, the best con man in Las Vegas, has a plan, chilling in its very specific precision. Violet shares a blood type with Erica; soon, thanks to surgery and blackmail, she has the same face, body, and DNA. She knows every detail of the Silvermans’ lives, as well as the PTSD she will have to fake around them. And then, when the time is right, she “reappears”—Erica Silverman, brought home by some kind of miracle.
But she is also Violet, and she has a job: Stay long enough to steal the Silverman Painting, an Old Master legendary in the Vegas crime world. Walking a razor’s edge, calculating every decision, not sure sometimes who she is or what she is doing it for, Violet is an unforgettable heroine, and Pretending to be Erica is a killer debut.
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- young adult 2
- mystery 2
- high school 2
- contemporary 2
- suspense 2
- grumpy/ice queen 1
- poor heroine 1
- tortured heroine 1
- first person pov 1
- m-f romance 1
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- death / grief 2
- mental illness 1
- mental trauma 1