A SHOT IN THE DARK

**A USA Today Bestseller!**

Featured in The New York Times

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2023

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“Where many rom-coms try to skip across the surface of a world, this book plunges into the depths.” – The New York Times

“★ – A profoundly emotional love story that takes its themes of addiction, faith, and art as seriously as it does its romantic arc. […] Exploring the courage required to take a chance on another person, this resonant romance cuts deep.” – Publisher’s Weekly, starred review

“A sensual love story about art and passion . . . emotional and heart-aching.”—Ashley Poston, New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics

“A captivating love letter to self-love, healing, and finding one’s place in Judaism.” – Jewish Book Council

“The teacher-student trope gets an unusually thoughtful treatment in Lee’s first adult romance, which offers a more serious look at the decision to care for another person and the challenging journey of learning how to relate to one’s past.” – Library Journal

“Lee expertly crafts complicated characters who are haunted by their former lives, how they’ve grown from those traumatizing experiences, and how fragile their new identities are without the love and support of found-family.” – Booklist

“Victoria Lee aims straight for the heart, and pierces the center without restraint.”—Kosoko Jackson, author of the Lambda Literary Award finalist of I’m So (Not) Over You

A SHOT IN THE DARK

An emotionally powerful romance novel about two people finding love after struggling with addiction—ultimately discovering what it means to be completely and unapologetically themselves.

Elisheva Cohen has just returned to Brooklyn after almost a decade. The wounds of abandoning the Orthodox community that raised her, then shunned her because of her substance abuse, are still painful. But when she gets an amazing opportunity to study photography with art legend Wyatt Cole, Ely is willing to take the leap.

On her first night back in town, Ely goes out to the infamous queer club Revel for a celebratory night of dancing. Ely is swept off her feet and into bed by a gorgeous man who looks like James Dean, but with a thick Carolina accent. The next morning, Ely wakes up alone and rushes off to attend her first photography class, reminiscing on the best one-night stand of her life. She doesn’t even know his name. That is, until Wyatt Cole shows up for class—and Ely realizes that the man she just spent an intimate and steamy night with is her teacher.

Everyone in the art world is obsessed with Wyatt Cole. He’s immensely talented and his notoriously reclusive personal life makes him all the more compelling. But there’s a reason why his past is hard for him to publicize. After coming out as transgender, Wyatt was dishonorably discharged from the military and disowned by his family. From then on he committed to sobriety and channeled his pain into his flourishing art career. While Ely and Wyatt’s relationship started out on a physical level, their similar struggles spark a much deeper connection. The chemistry is undeniable, but their new relationship as teacher and student means desperately wanting what they can’t have.

In this deeply romantic adult debut, bestselling author Victoria Lee creates stunningly genuine characters and crafts a love story that you won’t ever forget.