Leah Konen is the author of The Perfect Escape and All the Broken People and of several young adult novels, including Love and Other Train Wrecks and The Romantics. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied journalism and English literature. She lives in Brooklyn and Saugerties, New York, with her husband; their daughter, Eleanor; and their dog, Farley.
Genres: Mystery, Young Adult Romance
Novels
The After Girls (2013)
The Last Time We Were Us (2016)
The Romantics (2016)
Love and Other Train Wrecks (2018)
Happy Messy Scary Love (2019)
All the Broken People (2020)
aka One White Lie
The Perfect Escape (2022)
You Should Have Told Me (2023)
Keep Your Friends Close (2024)
The Last Room on the Left (2025)
aka The Woman in Room 13
The Last Time We Were Us (2016)
The Romantics (2016)
Love and Other Train Wrecks (2018)
Happy Messy Scary Love (2019)
All the Broken People (2020)
aka One White Lie
The Perfect Escape (2022)
You Should Have Told Me (2023)
Keep Your Friends Close (2024)
The Last Room on the Left (2025)
aka The Woman in Room 13
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The Dead Husband Cookbook (2025)
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"Sizzling with a glamorously Gothic setting, tantalizing twists and a premise that'll have you begging for seconds, The Dead Husband Cookbook is the depravedly delicious foodie thriller you never knew you needed. I was frantically flipping the pages, desperate to find out just what Maria Capello puts in those famous meatballs of hers. Danielle Valentine sets the table for a truly unique and mesmerizing read-sit down to dinner, if you dare."

The Last Session (2025)
Julia Bartz
"Slippery and scintillating as a New Mexico rattlesnake, Julia Bartz's THE LAST SESSION shines with sparkling prose, achingly vulnerable characters and a pair of enigmatic cult leaders who truly get their hooks in you. This unputdownable thrill ride begs us to consider just how far some will go to find healing and belonging - and whether any of us can ever truly move on from our darkest secrets and the ghosts of our pasts."

Cross My Heart (2025)
Megan Collins
"If Nora Ephron had written your favorite thriller, it would be Cross My Heart. Equal parts spine-tingling and soul-wrenching, Collins' latest unpacks the perils of parasocial relationships and the lies we tell ourselves with devilish wit, sizzling prose and a hair-raiser of a plot. The twists will have your jaw on the floor and your heart beating in time to Rosie's borrowed one. A true pulse-pounder with one question at its core: how far would you go to be with the one you (think you) love?"
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