{"title":"Subtle Deceptions series","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe thrilling new series from Elle Keaton begins with The Last Grift! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-last-grift","title":"The Last Grift - Subtle Deceptions Book 1 (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJaded confidence man Gabriel Karne is on the run. A literal snarling, slobbering guard dog nips at his heels. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf he makes it over the chain-link fence, he vows to skip town for friendlier climes. Somewhere no one knows his name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt will be fine. Everything will be fine.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLess than twenty-four hours on the island and Gabriel's had a nasty confrontation with two local good ol’ boys, earned a tresspassing citation from an infuriating but compelling forest ranger, and offered to search for a missing person. So much for lying low.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeing off his game only partially explains why Gabe would rather focus on a stranger’s bad luck than his own. Fact is, he's always had a soft spot for losers and maybe, just maybe, he's tired of the game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Last Grift\u003c\/strong\u003e is the first installment in the\u003cstrong\u003e Subtle Deceptions series\u003c\/strong\u003e, a mystery with romantic elements. The series is written in the third person and follows the unplanned adventures in the life and love of the disreputable Gabriel Karne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis refers to the paperback edition of The Last Grift\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elle Keaton ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50223586574633,"sku":"TLG_PB_Store","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/4427\/0633\/files\/1772567641.png?v=1772567722"},{"product_id":"bait-and-switch-subtle-deceptions-book-2-copy","title":"Paperback Bait and Switch, Subtle Deceptions Book 2 (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe plan?\u003c\/strong\u003e Lie low on Heartstone Island and wait for the dumpster fire that is his past life to burn itself out. So far, so good. Until it isn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGabriel has avoided Ranger Man for days, made a few important repairs to his sailboat, and put a dent in the stack of dime-store mysteries Elton loaned him. Life is at least okay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEight days in and his strategy crumbles like a wet cookie.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis ex-partner-in-crime returns, but this time he is very dead. And wearing a baby blue tracksuit, which somehow makes his murder even worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs his body a message from the crime family they mutually pissed off? Did Peter have connections to Heartstone? And if he didn't, how the hell did he know he'd find Gabe there? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith yet another exceedingly ill-timed murder, Gabe's luck is once again not the Good Kind. Then there's his simmering attraction to Casey, which he's actively sweeping underneath his mental throw rug. Lundin is definitely not Gabe's type. He's a walking-talking moral compass that never seems to cease pointing out everything he's sure is wrong about Gabe. But damn, that man's uniform fits him like a custom glove.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdding to it all, snow is in the forecast, there's a missing brush worker up the valley, and Calvin Perkins is still on the loose. Gabe's not even going to think about the spiders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEverything will be fine. FINE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBait and Switch\u003c\/strong\u003e is told in dual point of view and is book two in the Subtle Deceptions series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elle Keaton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51230762664233,"sku":null,"price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/4427\/0633\/files\/1772567689.png?v=1772567721"},{"product_id":"skin-game","title":"Skin Game, Signed Paperback","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eGabriel Karne is cautiously optimistic. Life seems to be settling down into a nice even keel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt’s a new year and the former con artist has a permanent-for-now address. No more rickety sailboats and living out of go-bags for Gabriel Karne. No surprises. No dead bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eRomance-wise, he and Ranger Man are easing into being a couple. A lifetime of habits is hard to break for both of them but they’re getting there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eGabe even has a job. Will he regret agreeing to it? Probably but it’s almost legal, so baby steps.\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';\"\u003e\u2029\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBut a strange young woman claiming to be his long-lost daughter appears on his new doorstep, and she has some sketchy documentation to prove it. It’s not impossible, but Gabe wasn\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003et born yesterday, and Heidi Karne was his mother, after all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThen another damn letter—this one from a stranger—shows up. The author claims to be a friend of Heidi’s and to have some of his late mother’s belongings. Just great.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt's pretty clear that the past isn't done with him yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt will be fine. 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Or was he, as Gabe and Elton suspect, still deeply embroiled in the illegal underbelly of Twana County?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeanwhile, the unsolved murder of Calvin Perkins continues to nag at Casey Lundin. The unlikable man's killer remains at large, and the acting sheriff has no suspects or even a clue to move on. Casey vows to do his best to bring Calvin some sort of justice. 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