Florida Girls, A Historical Crime Saga: Book One of The Queenpin Chronicles

As World War II winds down, Thelma Miles moves to Florida for a fresh start but instead finds herself in the mafia's lair—a stunning feminist reimagining of The Godfather. 
 

St. Petersburg, Florida, 1944. Orphaned, broke, and fiercely alert to injustice, eighteen-year-old Thelma Miles nabs a coveted spot on the national Florida Girls war bond tour selling sunshine, glamour, and optimism as the war is ending. She believes she's escaped her criminal past.

She's dead wrong.

The tour is a front. The mafia is watching. And her new boss, the social-climbing Kathleen Young, is more than happy to throw Thelma into the fire if it helps her rise.

When Kathleen lands in the mob's crosshairs, the two women form a shaky alliance and hit the road—dodging mobsters, bullets, and each other.

Haunted by instincts she can't ignore and hunted by men she can't outrun, Thelma has no choice but to fight dirty. Between Kathleen's ruthless ambition and Thelma's dangerous vision, they just might prove women can have it all… if they live long enough.

"A rollicking debut brimming with colorful characters, twists and turns, and—at its heart—women who form an unbreakable bond."
—Jane Heller, New York Times bestselling author

Perfect for fans of found family like Kristin Hannah's The Women, secrets and corruption like Taylor Jenkins Reid's The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, and star-crossed lovers like Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See.
 

Florida Girls is book 1 in the complete Queenpin Chronicles trilogy.

New to the series?

Readers can start with The Debutante: The Making of a Queenpin, a free prequel novella available when you join the author's Insider's newsletter: llkirchner.com/prequel