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Her picture-perfect life is a lie. The target on her back is real. In a world of PTA meetings, soccer games and wine moms, Stella Meyers fits right in. No one in her ritzy Connecticut suburb suspects the photographer who captures weddings, parties and fundraisers by day is robbing people blind at night. Her longtime business partner and mentor thinks it's time for her to stop taking risks and go legit-but Stella lives for the thrill. After an exhilarating date with her daughter's new teacher, a 401k and steady paycheck start to look more enticing. Until a ruthless blackmailer uncovers Stella's true identity and threatens her daughter... Then all bets are off.

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From a Goodreads Reviewer: Focus on Deception pulls you into a world of perfect façades and hidden crimes and refuses to let go. Stella Meyers is the kind of protagonist you root for even when she's making questionable choices. She's a thief, a mother, and a woman trying to protect the life she built on lies. The tension between her suburban calm and her dangerous alter ego makes this story absolutely addictive. Kendra Pecci balances the glossy perfection of suburban life with the grit of high-stakes suspense in a way that feels fresh and cinematic. The pacing is sharp, the dialogue snappy, and the emotional beats hit hard especially when Stella's daughter becomes part of the danger. By the final chapters, the twists land perfectly, and Stella's transformation feels both earned and exhilarating. Fans of Big Little Lies and Gone Girl will devour this. Can't wait for this one's release it's the kind of thriller that keeps you double checking who you can really trust. From a Goodreads reviewer: From the very first page, Pecci's writing grips you with a crisp, clean precision-a hallmark of a master thriller. Her prose flows effortlessly, whisking the reader into a world where every twist lands with impact and every moment pulses with tension. What makes this story so compelling isn't just the relentless pace (which is spectacular), it's the way Pecci intertwines high-stakes drama with the intimate, relatable choices women face every day: balancing ambition and motherhood, loyalty and self-preservation, risk and reward. The characters and their dilemmas feel real and meaningful. And the collision of their lives with a plot so intense gives the novel a thrilling emotional pull. As the plot hurtles forward, I couldn't put the book down. The final 25 % had me holding my breath, turning pages faster than I thought possible, utterly invested in how it would all end. And what an ending. The final scene was a true ""chef's kiss"", leaving me simultaneously satisfied and exhilarated. Focus on Deception is the kind of thriller you devour in one sitting, carried along on the current of suspense until you reach the end with your heart in your throat. A definite must read.

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Kendra Pecci lives for the thrill-both on the page and in real life. She spent her younger years riding horses, winning cop car chases, and jumping out of airplanes. Now she gets her adrenaline fix by writing women's suspense novels for readers who want to escape into stories with complex, independent heroines who live life on their own terms.When she's not putting her characters into complicated situations that get her own heart racing, she's immersed in a Stephen King novel, deconstructing her father-in-law's meatball recipe, or chasing her next adventure in the Colorado Rockies.

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