The Raise

<p><strong>Codependence kills.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>This heart-pounding psychological thriller follows a founder who must rescue her company from the brink of bankruptcy - and solve the mystery behind the untimely death of her best friend.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Your mentor and CEO just fell 25 feet to her death at Burning Man. Now it's your job to raise 75 million dollars-or bury the company you built together.</p><p> </p><p>Alexis Ecker never wanted the spotlight. But after the sudden suspicious death of her best friend and business partner Darcy Lyons the 29-year-old finds herself alone at the helm of their billion-dollar fashion-tech startup-and under ruthless pressure to deliver a massive new round of venture capital funding.</p><p> </p><p>Grieving and unprepared Alexis is forced to perform her most convincing pitch yet: that everything is fine! That the company is thriving! That she <em>didn't</em> lose the only person who ever truly believed in her! But when whispers of betrayal begin to swirl-and Alexis starts unraveling the secrets Darcy took to her grave-she finds herself caught between a powerful investor with his own agenda and the mounting realization that Darcy's death wasn't an accident after all.</p><p> </p><p>Taut darkly funny and emotionally charged <em>The Raise</em> is a compulsively readable exploration of female ambition codependent friendships and the price of loyalty in a world where image is everything and women are always being watched.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Perfect for fans of <em>Luckiest Girl Alive</em> <em>None of This Is True</em> and <em>My Year of Rest and Relaxation</em> this debut thriller grips from the first page-and doesn't let go.</strong></p>