He lives in NYC with his husband and a very small cat. LEV AC ROSEN writes books for people of all ages, including Camp, which was a best book of the year from Forbes, Elle, and The Today Show, among others, and is a Lambda finalist and ALA Rainbow List Top Ten. Running a soap empire can be a dirty business. When your existence is a crime, everything you do is criminal, and the gates of Lavender House can’t lock out the real world forever. But that honesty doesn’t extend to everything, and he quickly finds himself a pawn in a family game of old money, subterfuge, and jealousy-and Irene’s death is only the beginning. He’s seduced by the safety and freedom found behind its gates, where a queer family lives honestly and openly. And his secret is the kind of secret the Lamontaines understand.Īndy had never imagined a world like Lavender House. Andy, recently fired from the San Francisco police after being caught in a raid on a gay bar, is happy to accept-his calendar is wide open. Irene’s widow hires Evander Mills to uncover the truth behind her mysterious death. And now they’re worried they’re keeping a murderer in. But to keep their secret, they’ve needed to keep others out.
This estate offers a unique freedom, where none of the residents or staff hide who they are. Irene’s recipes for her signature scents are a well guarded secret-but it’s not the only one behind these gates. Lavender House, 1952: the family seat of recently deceased matriarch Irene Lamontaine, head of the famous Lamontaine soap empire. A delicious story from a new voice in suspense, Lev AC Rosen’s Lavender House is Knives Out with a queer historical twist.
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