Selfies

Brutally honest guilty indulgence and inventive all describe Gabriel Gilbert's debut novel Selfies. The characters narrate this literary adult thriller each one dangerously blind to the other's truest nature. Carinda Campbell a streetwise southern woman seeks refuge in the wake of her ex-husband's white collar crimes. Online she captures the interest of Ray Welles former Marine and tech entrepreneur who has just left a soulless marriage and battles traumas old and new. Their explosive chemistry distracts from their children ex's and careers. Between the heat and wealth of Boca Raton and the hard but humble wards of Milwaukee Gilbert's mastery of psychology and technology gradually expose his cast's many secrets lies and personal demons. While Carinda and Ray enjoy a brief tender respite from reality dark clouds form with the all-too-easy abuse of law. Selfies' many tensions and complexities finally unleash the perfect storm. Who will survive and at what cost?