{"id":82038,"date":"2026-02-06T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=82038"},"modified":"2026-02-06T09:35:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T14:35:38","slug":"82038","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=82038","title":{"rendered":"Cover Reveal: Crooked by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re so thrilled to help reveal the cover for Crooked by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward<\/strong><\/h4>\n

A standalone contemporary romance<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Releasing March 29 <\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Amazon US<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Amazon UK<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Amazon CA<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Amazon AU<\/a> |\u00a0 Paperback<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Audio to come!<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Sign up for Penelope & Vi\u2019s mailing list now and be the first one notified when it goes live!<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n

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Cover Design: Sommer Stein, Perfect Pear Creative<\/strong>
\nPhotographer:\u00a0<\/strong>Michelle Lancaster, @lanefotograf<\/strong>
\nModel:\u00a0<\/strong>Andrew Murray<\/strong><\/div>\n

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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

A new, sexy standalone novel from\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0Bestsellers, Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

The last thing I needed was a live-in bodyguard. And I definitely didn\u2019t want\u00a0him<\/em>. Six foot two, with broad shoulders that were impossible to ignore and a talent for getting in my way, Wes Callahan was a walking bad decision.<\/p>\n

But when you\u2019re the daughter of a notorious mob boss, apparently your opinions stop mattering the moment your father ignites another war. I\u2019d spent my entire life trying to escape that crooked world\u2014new name, new city, newfound freedom. At least until I was suddenly shacked up with my new bodyguard.<\/p>\n

Wes knew exactly how to push my buttons. He was also infuriatingly protective. And smart. And funny. And thoughtful when he thought I wasn\u2019t paying attention.\u00a0 Little by little, the walls I\u2019d built started to crack, and falling for the bodyguard became the most dangerous thing I\u2019ve ever done. Because if my father found out, Wes wouldn\u2019t just lose his job. He\u2019d lose his life.<\/p>\n

Getting involved with him was reckless, yet I couldn\u2019t find a way to stop it, no matter how hard I tried.\u00a0 But while I was busy losing my heart, the man who took it was hiding a secret.<\/p>\n

And it turned out, the most dangerous man in my life wasn\u2019t my father after all\u2014it was the one who threatened to break my heart.<\/p>\n

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Add to Goodreads<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

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Check out our\u00a0Penelope Ward Author Spotlight<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Vi Keeland Author Spotlight<\/a>\u00a0for more books by these authors<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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And our\u00a0Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward Author Spotlight<\/a>\u00a0for their co-written work<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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