Ordinary lives. Extraordinary secrets.
Author bio
R. Broviak is a tech professional turned novelist who loves exploring the hidden tensions behind everyday lives. With a background in psychology and a career in content design, she’s fascinated by how people present themselves — and the messy truth underneath. That curiosity fuels her fiction, where she delves into secrets, identity, and the fine line between perception and reality.
She lives in the Minneapolis area with her husband, two teenagers, and their Boston-Pug mix, Frankie.
R. Broviak's Duplicitous
R. Broviak's Duplicitous
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Eight months pregnant and suddenly alone, Phoenix is thrust into a nightmare when her husband disappears, forcing her to confront buried secrets, a web of deceit, and the chilling truth that everyone around her may have something to hide.
Currently seeking literary representation
When Phoenix’s husband, Riley, vanishes without a trace, she thinks it’s the worst day of her life — until his body is found shot dead beside an unknown woman in remote Washington State.
While Phoenix struggles to make sense of Riley’s death, others in their orbit are harboring secrets of their own: a resentful neighbor with a score to settle, a mother with more loyalty to image than truth, and a cunning woman with ties to the past and a blackmail scheme that may have set everything in motion.
As Phoenix draws closer to Tyler, her brother-in-law, she begins to question what’s real. But Phoenix doesn’t know the half of it, and she’s also hiding secrets of her own. Told from multiple perspectives, Duplicitous is a psychological thriller about identity, betrayal, and the roles we play to survive.
Darkly funny, deliciously twisty, and full of sharp edges, this is a story where no one is what they seem and everyone has something to hide.
Contact
R. Broviak is currently seeking a literary and publisher for her debut psychological thriller, Duplicitous.
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