The Writer's Apprentice Press · Chicago
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The People You Trust / K.T. George / August 11, 2026
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Terms
- Title
- The People You Trust
- Series
- A Millstone Falls Novel, Book 1
- Author
- K.T. George
- ISBN-13
- 979-8-9953451-0-7
- Format
- Paperback · 382 pp · 6 x 9
- List price
- $17.95 USD
- Pub date
- August 11, 2026
- Distributor
- Ingram
- Discount
- 55% wholesale
- Returnable
- Yes
- BISAC
- FIC031080 Thrillers / Psychological
FIC027110 Romance / Suspense - Publisher
- The Writer's Apprentice Press
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Copy for shelf talkers, newsletters, and websites
Acquitted of her husband's murder but convicted by everyone else, a fallen celebrity chef hides out in a small Adirondack town — where someone is watching her.
Michelin star. Dead husband. Ruined career. Acquitted but never forgiven, Rose Sullivan Montgomery retreats to Millstone Falls to disappear. Instead she finds a developer whose interest curdles from charming into something else, a sister's husband she's wanted for a decade, and a town where everyone knows something she doesn't.
Rose Sullivan Montgomery had a Michelin star, a surgeon husband, and a television career. Now she has an acquittal nobody believes and a reputation she can't outrun. She retreats to Millstone Falls, a small town in the Adirondack foothills where her youngest sister lives, hoping to disappear into renovation work and anonymity.
She doesn't. A developer gentrifying the town takes an interest that curdles fast. Her eldest sister's husband — the man she's wanted since she was nineteen — keeps turning up. And everyone closest to her is hiding something.
Book one of the Millstone Falls series.
Where it goes
Shelve with romantic suspense or psychological thriller — it genuinely sits between them, and it sells from either shelf. Currently ranking in Dark Romance on Amazon.
Hand it to readers of Tarryn Fisher, Ashley Winstead, Kate Stewart, Carol Goodman, Melinda Leigh, and Catherine Cowles.
Reader appeal: family secrets, forbidden love, morally gray hero, age-gap romance, unreliable narrator.
Content notes
This novel sits with hard things. The full list, so you can answer a customer who asks:
- Pregnancy and infant loss
- Suicidal ideation
- Intimate partner abuse
- Murder, and violence on the page
- Death of a major character
- Stalking and surveillance
- Organized crime
- Traumatic brain injury and recovery
- One open-door love scene; adult language throughout
Downloads
Direct links. Nothing gated.
Signed bookplates
Free, and we cover postage. Email the shop name, shipping address, and how many you'd like. Allow about 5 business days. Maximum 6 per store — ask if you need more and we'll work it out.
Advance copies
Available to booksellers on request while supplies last. Email us with your store name and shipping address.
Events
K.T. George is based in Chicago and available for in-store events, signings, and panels in the Chicago area, and for virtual events anywhere. Happy to travel within the Midwest for the right fit. Just ask.
How we're driving readers to your store
A debut only works if customers come looking for it. Here's what's behind this one:
- Weekly author newsletter, with a four-part launch countdown running through release day
- Regular content on Instagram and TikTok — @author_ktgeo and @authorktgeo
- Reviewer and Bookstagram campaign, including unboxing coverage at launch
- Preorder campaign running now at ktgeorge.com
- Book 2, The Lies They Tell, Winter 2027 · Book 3, The Man He Was, Summer 2027
Stocking the book? Tell us and we'll name your store to our readers during release week. Happy to build a signing, a giveaway, or a shared post around your shop — just ask.
Get in touch
Deborah Hamdani — The Writer's Apprentice Press
contact@thewritersapprentice.com
Author site: ktgeorge.com
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