Award-winning author Alexi Venice’s legal and crime thrillers with sapphic leads serve up deadly appetizers, spicy main dishes, and HEA desserts. Her bestselling spy thriller, Lady Hawthorne, SFMS, Book 7, received two 2022 Lesfic Bard Awards in Action & Adventure and Mystery. Her bestselling legal thriller, Standby Counsel, A Monica Spade Novel, received the 2020 Lesfic Bard Award in Mystery and was named The Best Legal Thriller of 2021 by BestThrillers.com. Venice is a member of International Thriller Writers, Golden Crown Literary Society, the Crime Writers' Association, and Romance Writers of America. Thirty-four years of practicing law informs Venice’s legal, medical, and crime fiction. Her heart, imagination, and life experience are the pesto on the pizza. Instagram: alexivenice_author Twitter: @VeniceAlexi Website: www.alexivenice.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/alexivenicenovels