Love You To Death

Love You To Death

A Novel

About the Book

When two best friends' hobby of crashing weddings takes a deadly turn, they’re forced to embark on a road trip of survival in this addictive thriller.

How well do we really know our friends?

As the only Black women at an antebellum-themed wedding, Kayla and Zorie should’ve known this heist was doomed from the start. They should never have come, but when their financial situation became dire, they agreed to hit one last wedding.

Jaded and cynical Kayla has spent the last decade trying to fix her life since an angsty teen prank led to her arrest. Now, with her housekeeping job at a subpar hotel and her disappointing, Cinderella-esque relationship with her dad and obnoxious stepsister, she hates the life she’s built. Her only bright spots are her best friend, Zorie, and their favorite weekend pastime of crashing weddings to steal the money and pawn the gifts. But what started as a lark has evolved into a greedy obsession, making each wedding haul riskier than the last. 

While trying to avoid the angry bride and groom, Kayla and Zorie's getaway takes a gruesome turn and suddenly the “Wedding Crasher Killers” are national news. The best friends are forced to hit the road to dodge the authorities, but their escape plan leaves behind a bloody trail of destruction from Georgia all the way to the bayou. As past grudges resurface, Kayla realizes that the best friend she thought she knew is more dangerous than she could ever have realized.

Sharp, unpredictable, and madcap from start to finish, Love You to Death is the most fun—and deadly—road trip you’ll ever take.
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Praise for Love You To Death

“Christina Dotson’s debut combines the surreal dark comedy of Zola with the ride-or-dies on the run classic Thelma & Louise to create something entirely fresh and exhilarating. The hairpin turns and killer twists of this propulsive bad-girls-gone-worse thriller will have you hanging on for dear life!”—Layne Fargo, author of The Favorites and They Never Learn

Love You To Death is a must-read for anyone who loves the movies Thelma & Louise and Zola. The thriller is a quintessential beach read—a story of toxic friendships and literally running from your problems that’ll have you laughing one chapter and yelling the next. In her debut, Christina Dotson has created two unforgettable characters in Kayla and Zorie—and established herself as a writer to watch.”—Kellye Garrett, award-winning author of Missing White Woman

“Dotson masterfully paints a portrait of toxic friendship that will leave you wondering how well you can really know your best friend . . . or yourself.”—Stephanie DeCarolis, USA Today bestselling author of The Perfect Sister

“A thrilling dark comedy about toxic friendship that had me totally gripped. A wild ride and a brilliant summer page turner!”—Kate Weston, author of You May Now Kill the Bride

“Love You to Death is riveting and with a lot of heart. It is about journey, the journey of friendship—the good, bad, and ugly—and of loyalty. Debut author Christina Dotson introduces striking characters in Zorie and Kayla in a story of their girls’ trip gone wild, of discovery, and the domino effect one’s choices create with all of it culminating to a pearl-clutching and unforgettable end. Bravo, Christina.”—Yasmin Angoe, author of the Nena Knight trilogy and Not What She Seems
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About the Author

Christina Dotson
Christina Dotson is an Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award runner-up. In addition to writing, she is a licensed clinical social worker for a palliative care practice and lives in Kentucky. More by Christina Dotson
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