Bøker av Harmony Reed

He sacrificed his family for ambition - but now they're all he has left.Cameron Parrish became Hollywood's #1 action director by refusing to use AI-assist technology. Every film is a box office success, but neither fame nor fortune makes up for the fact that Cameron's dying to make real cinema - an Oscar-worthy movie that will show the world he's an auteur, not the clever hack that the critics make him out to be.But mere hours after being greenlit for the film he knows he was born to shoot, director Cameron Parrish is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. There's no treatment, and if he's lucky, he might make it another year, but more likely, he's got a few months left.As word gets out about his illness, Cameron realizes he has no true friends. No real family either: his obsession with finding perfection behind the camera lens has long since alienated his ex-wife and his adult son.Desperate to make his final days matter, he signs up for an experimental program that promises to help him discover the meaning of his life - and his death. Accompanied by an artificial intelligence named Sofia, Cameron embarks on a bucket list journey - from the Maldives and Bhutan to Toledo and Morocco - designed to round out his unbalanced life and help him make peace with his impending death. But what if it's too late for Cameron to see the world through a new lens?Eat, Pray, Love meets The Bucket List in this vibrant but poignant story exploring the possibility of second chances and the unexpected beauty of an imperfect life.

What if you had a twin - who was a better version of you?When Everett Reyes loses his adoptive mother - the only person who ever believed in him - his bullying stepbrothers find a way to keep Everett's inheritance. They won't even let him keep Mom's cookware, though she's the reason he became a chef.All he has left is a failing cafe, a rattletrap car, and an ex-wife he can't stop fighting with.Bereft of family, he hires a private investigator to track down his biological parents. He's not surprised to learn that they're dead, but he's shocked to discover that he has a twin brother, alive and well, in Austin, Texas.The similarities between Everett and his brother Evan are amazing. They're both chefs, they both married aspiring musicians, and they're both fathers - evidence of their deep twin bond. But the more Everett learns more about his brother, the more he feels like he's looking at the life he should have had - would have had if they hadn't been separated. It's embarrassing how Evan seems to be more successful than Everett in every possible way.His friends tell him to start with a phone call, but Everett decides to drive to Austin and surprise Evan on their shared birthday.After all, what better gift could a man receive than to be reunited with his long-lost twin brother?Spitting Image is a new novel by Harmony Reed, author of Confidence John and Drink.

A coded journal. A buried treasure. A dangerous journey.In the early 1800s, as the Spanish surrender Florida to the United States government, Emily Bisset reunites with her estranged mother Simone to solve a family mystery and seek revenge on the man who abandoned them both: Confidence John.As they make their way to the southern coast, intending to enter the legendary poker game run by Emily's con-man father, they encounter escaped slaves, Seminole warriors, Florida patriots, and Spanish missionaries - some friend, some foe, some both.Soon another mystery presents itself: who is the stranger that pursues them, and how does she know so much about their quest?Confidence John is a stand-alone novel by Harmony Reed. Fans of Daughter of Fortune and The Sisters Brothers will feel right at home with Confidence John.