Vegas Girls, A Novel

As the war was ending, everything changed. But for a few daring females, the stakes kept climbing. Will they win a life-or-death wager? Las Vegas, 1945. Where glamour meets gangland. Behind the neon and sequins, Thelma Miles is playing a deadly game. As the newly-announced ascendant to the throne of notorious crime boss Sal Giancarlo, she has a front-row seat to her father's ambitious plans. And all the evidence she needs to destroy him. Thelma knows what it takes to survive in a world of dangerous men. A complex hero, scarred by her mother's choices, she reinvented herself as a dazzling performer with the wildly popular Florida Girls. Until her world comes crashing down and that carefully constructed facade begins to crack. Now she must do more than just survive, she must avenge her husband. And let nothing get in her way. To pull off the perfect con, Thelma assembles an unlikely crew: Kathleen Young, a shrewd businesswoman with a baby on the way and secrets of her own; Lillian Montgomery, a Hollywood starlet who's not as naive as she appears; and Imogene Fuchs, a relentless reporter determined to expose corruption in the city of sin. But in postwar Vegas, where fortunes are built on betrayal and every smile masks a double-cross, no one is quite what they seem. As federal agents circle, rival gangs plot, and her father's empire grows more powerful by the day, Thelma must decide how far she'll go to avenge the past—and whether family loyalty is worth the price of her soul. Because in Vegas, the house always wins...unless you're willing to bet everything on one last, desperate play. From smoke-filled backrooms to glittering casino floors, L.L. Kirchner's VEGAS GIRLS is a razor-sharp historical thriller about power, revenge, and the price we pay for reinvention. In a city built on chance, some gambles are worth dying for...and some secrets refuse to stay buried. Vegas Girls is the suspenseful second book in The Queenpin Chronicles historical fiction series. If you love the immersive worlds of Beatriz Williams, the complex heroines of Kate Quinn, and crave the intrigue of Hillary Mantel, then you'll love Kirchner's dark exploration of almost-postwar Sin City. Buy Vegas Girls to gamble on grit today!