Mating Scars

What drives someone to exploit both wealth and human vulnerability?

In Mating Scars, Scott L. Miller delivers a gripping domestic noir short story collection and modern con artist novel exploring Alicia, a morally complex antihero and brilliant female predator. From casino cons to long-term schemes destroying a family, this thriller exploring female power and vengeance examines ambition, manipulation, and dark mind games between predator and prey. As Alicia navigates deception, medical danger, and human weakness, readers are drawn into suspenseful psychological stories and a woman con artist psychological thriller full of deceit, love, and betrayal. Fans of gritty modern noir collections, crime fiction with shocking twists, and thrillers in the vein of Gillian Flynn and Megan Abbott will be captivated by this female predator and prey dynamic.

How far will someone go when survival, ambition, and desire collide?