When Veronica (Vonny) Kwan wakes up in a Nevada hospital, the doctors tell her that she was severely injured in an accident. She claims to be a college student at NYU, but a quick call to the admissions department reveals that she graduated years ago. Vonny has no memory of the past decade and no idea what she was doing in Nevada.

The situation intensifies when a pair of detectives shows up at the hospital. They inform Vonny that her husband, John, was recently found dead. But Vonny doesn’t remember the man she married or the sybaritic lifestyle they shared in San Francisco.

As a homicide investigation ensues, Vonny grows increasingly suspicious of everyone around her. She must piece together the last decade in order to uncover the truth. This missing chunk of time holds secrets about the person she became, the mysterious man she fell for, and the life she never wanted.

PUBLISHER AND ACCOLADES

Red Adept Publishing, June 2022

• 2024 American Legacy Awards Finalist: Psychological Thriller
• IPPY Gold Award for Best Regional Fiction – West/Pacific
• IPPY Gold Award for Best Mystery/Thriller Ebook
  
• 2023 Indie Reader Discovery Award Winner
• 2023 Daphne du Maurier Awards finalist
• 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Winner
• 2023 Author Shout Reader Ready Awards Top Pick
• 2023 eLit Awards Silver Medal
• 2023 Daphne du Maurier Awards, 3rd Place
• 2022 Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book Award Finalist
• 2022 American Writing Awards Winner – Thriller category
• 2022 Indies Today Award Winner – Suspense category
• 2022 American Fiction Awards Best Psychological Thriller
• 2022 American Fiction Awards Finalist Thriller category
• 2022 American Fiction Awards Finalist Mystery/Suspense category
• 2022 Readers’ Favorite Book Awards Bronze Medal Best Thriller
• 2022 NYC Big Book Award – Distinguished Favorite Suspense
• 5 Star Editorial Review from Indies Today

“Danielle M. Wong packs this propulsive story with all the elements that are catnip to thriller readers—lurking danger, suspicious characters, eyebrow-raising surprises, twists upon twists—and caps it off with a final reveal you won’t see coming.”
– Megan Collins, bestselling author of The Family Plot

“A well-paced puzzler that readers will want to finish in one sitting.”
– Kirkus Reviews

“An immensely compelling story of well-placed subterfuge and intrigue.”
– Indies Today

“Intense and chilling, Last Liar Standing is a propulsive multilayered thriller enriched by the chaos of greed, manipulation, amnesia, and murder.”
– Laurie Buchanan, author of the Sean McPherson novels

“The average person has thirteen secrets right now…a twisty tale of love, loss, friendship, deception, and far more secrets than your average person possesses.”
– A.H. Kim, author of A Good Family

“Danielle M. Wong masterfully blurs reality with the imagined until you start to doubt what is really happening. Last Liar Standing is a gripping and twisty thriller, full of heart-stopping scenes that will have you gasping and turning pages.”
– Lyn Liao Butler, author of Red Thread of Fate

SUBSIDIARY RIGHTS

Audio

• Blackstone Publishing

Amelia Cole―Lia for short―is one of the first women studying abroad at Oxford University in the 1920s. Finally free from her overbearing Brooklyn parents, she finds a welcome sense of independence in British college life. Lia quickly falls for Scarlett Daniels, an aspiring actress and hardheaded protester. Scarlett introduces her to an exciting gender-equality movement with high stakes. But when their secret love clashes with political uprising, their relationship is one of the casualties.

Years later, Lia’s only memories of Scarlett are obscured by the glossy billboards she sees advertising the actress’s new films. But when a mysterious letter surfaces, she is immediately thrown back into their unsettled romance. Lia’s travels span oceans and continents in her search for Scarlett. Spread across time and place, their story is one of desire, adventure, and ultimately, devotion. Lia will stop at nothing to win Scarlett back, but she soon realizes that uncovering lost love might not be attainable after all.

PUBLISHER AND ACCOLADES

She Writes Press, October 2017

• 2018 Reader’s Favorites Book Awards Gold Medal in Historical Fiction

• 2018 International Book Awards Winner in LGBTQ Fiction

• 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Winner in First Novel (Under 60,000 words); Finalist in LGBTQ2 category

• 2018 National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist in LGBTQ Fiction and Women’s Fiction

• 2018 IBPA Ben Franklin Awards Finalist in Fiction: Romance

• 2018 Beverly Hills Book Awards Winner in LGBTQ Fiction, Cover Design, and New Fiction; Finalist in Fiction: Romance

• 2018 NYC Big Book Awards Winner in LGBTQ Fiction; Distinguished Favorite in New Fiction and Romance

• 2018 Independent Press Award Winner in Women’s Fiction and LGBTQ Fiction

“Wong’s novel succeeds in creating congenial characters with an undying commitment to women’s liberation in education, careers, and relationships, particularly those bonds that are stigmatized…An engaging romantic tale that also calls for equality.”
– Kirkus Reviews

“A beautiful and engaging story with memorable characters and well-developed themes…Danielle M. Wong has a unique gift for plot and thematic development and she makes readers believe in her characters. The story is intelligently plotted, emotionally intense, and beguiling.”
– Readers’ Favorite

“A tempestuous, fiery page-turner that will leave you aching and begging for more, Swearing Off Stars is a novel with both great heart and unforgettable characters.”
– San Francisco Book Review

“Easily one of the most beautiful books I have read. It is joyful, heart-wrenching, and defiant in the face of any opposition to telling the stories of women like Lia and Scarlett. I would recommend this book to any woman, whether part of the LGBT community or not, who wants a reminder that we do have a place in history.”
– Manhattan Book Review

“Wong writes a fiery and fantastic novel…”
– RT Book Reviews

“Tells the spellbinding tale of secret love and gender equality…an engrossing, thought-provoking novel that will be enjoyed by all readers of quality fiction.”
– Reader Views

“A fiery page-turner that will leave you begging for more! 5 Stars!”
– Cynthia Brian, New York Times best-selling author

“A captivating book for all readers who believe in the power of love.”
– Betty Hafner, author of Not Exactly Love: A Memoir

“A novel with great heart and unforgettable characters…Oxford student movements, movie star solitudes, desperation and hope, all entwine in this captivating story.”
– Vamsee Juluri, author of Saraswati’s Intelligence

SUBSIDIARY RIGHTS

Audio

• Blackstone Publishing