Scripted for Love and Poison
(2025)(The second book in the Sol and Luke Mystery series)
A novel by Patricia Puentes
A missing critic. A poisoned dinner. A relationship on the brink.
In Hollywood, even vacations come with a body count.
Entertainment journalist Sol Novo and her swoony detective partner Luke Contadino are back—and this time, they’re taking on Los Angeles. What was meant to be a sun-soaked escape and a glamorous awards ceremony quickly spirals into chaos: Sol’s luggage is lost, she’s second-guessing everything with Luke, and her editor has just assigned her to track down a missing film critic who vanished after trashing a high-profile movie.
Luke doesn’t like to travel, and he definitely doesn’t like how close danger is creeping toward Sol. Especially when a second critic collapses mid-dinner... and a third turns up dead.
Now, Luke is reluctantly on the case—with rent to pay and his business partner Divya Bakshi flying in to help.
As the suspect list grows and Hollywood secrets unravel, Sol and Luke find themselves tangled in a mystery that’s as deadly as it is glitzy—all while trying to protect a fragile relationship already strained by distance, doubt, and miscommunication.
Will they catch a killer before Sol becomes the next target?
And will their love survive the most cutthroat scene of all—awards season?
Scripted for Love and Poison is the second book in the witty, addictive Sol and Luke Mystery Romance Series, following Cluelessly Unscripted—but it can be enjoyed as a standalone.
For readers who love witty whodunnits, relationship drama, and a splash of heat.
Tropes and treats inside:
In Hollywood, even vacations come with a body count.
Entertainment journalist Sol Novo and her swoony detective partner Luke Contadino are back—and this time, they’re taking on Los Angeles. What was meant to be a sun-soaked escape and a glamorous awards ceremony quickly spirals into chaos: Sol’s luggage is lost, she’s second-guessing everything with Luke, and her editor has just assigned her to track down a missing film critic who vanished after trashing a high-profile movie.
Luke doesn’t like to travel, and he definitely doesn’t like how close danger is creeping toward Sol. Especially when a second critic collapses mid-dinner... and a third turns up dead.
Now, Luke is reluctantly on the case—with rent to pay and his business partner Divya Bakshi flying in to help.
As the suspect list grows and Hollywood secrets unravel, Sol and Luke find themselves tangled in a mystery that’s as deadly as it is glitzy—all while trying to protect a fragile relationship already strained by distance, doubt, and miscommunication.
Will they catch a killer before Sol becomes the next target?
And will their love survive the most cutthroat scene of all—awards season?
Scripted for Love and Poison is the second book in the witty, addictive Sol and Luke Mystery Romance Series, following Cluelessly Unscripted—but it can be enjoyed as a standalone.
For readers who love witty whodunnits, relationship drama, and a splash of heat.
Tropes and treats inside:
- Grumpy detective × amateur sleuth
Reverse age gap
Relationship in crisis
Hollywood glam meets mystery
Flirty banter, emotional depth, and a twisty whodunnit
Genre: Mystery
Used availability for Patricia Puentes's Scripted for Love and Poison