Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland have just revealed the gorgeous cover of Crooked
Release Date: March 29, 2026
Cover Design by: Sommer Stein, Perfect Pear Creative
Cover Photography by: Michelle Lancaster
Cover Model: Andrew Murray
Crooked is a new, sexy standalone novel from New York Times Bestsellers, Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward…
About Crooked
The last thing I needed was a live-in bodyguard. And I definitely did not want him. 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.
But when you are the daughter of a notorious mob boss, apparently your opinions stop mattering the moment your father ignites another war. I had spent my entire life trying to escape that crooked world—new name, new city, newfound freedom. At least until I was suddenly shacked up with my new bodyguard.
Wes knew exactly how to push my buttons. He was also infuriatingly protective. And smart. And funny. And thoughtful when he thought I was not paying attention. Little by little, the walls I had built started to crack, and falling for the bodyguard became the most dangerous thing I have ever done. Because if my father found out, Wes would not just lose his job. He would lose his life.
Getting involved with him was reckless, yet I could not find a way to stop it, no matter how hard I tried. But while I was busy losing my heart, the man who took it was hiding a secret.
And it turned out, the most dangerous man in my life was nnot my father after all—it was the one who threatened to break my heart.
Availability
Crooked is currently available for preorder in eBook and Paperback formats on Amazon.
Crooked will be available to read for FREE in Kindle Unlimited on Amazon upon release.
About Penelope Ward
Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.
She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.
With millions of books sold, she is a 21 time New York Times bestseller and the author of over thirty novels. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.
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About Vi Keeland
Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles are currently translated in twenty seven languages and have appeared on bestseller lists in the US, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria and Hungary. Three of her short stories have been turned into films by Passionflix, and two of her books are currently optioned for movies. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.
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