The Private Feed: What My Mother-In-Law Said When She Thought I Wasn't Listening

by A.M. Sterling

Elena Hawthorne managed the digital life of Charleston’s oldest dynasty, but she was never more than a glorified employee with a wedding ring. As the second wife to the charming but hollow Julian, she traded her career as a forensic accountant for the 'privilege' of managing his mother's chaotic estate. She thought she was building a family. But when a smart-home glitch syncs the guest house audio to her iPad, she hears the Matriarch discussing not a charity gala, but a prison sentence—Elena's. She learns she has been unknowingly signed as the trustee for a massive fraud scheme designed to save the family fortune by destroying her. Now, trapped in a house that records her every move, Elena must use the skills they forgot she had to steal the evidence, empty the accounts, and escape before they realize the feed goes both ways.