Hi Reader,

I don't know about you, but lately I’ve found myself staring at the screen, cold coffee in hand, unable to process one more twist in this timeline otherwise known as “reality.”

That’s when I reach for the fiction. Not to escape—but to remember what’s worth fighting for.

👠 Vegas Girls is on sale for 99¢—today only. If you haven’t met Thelma Miles yet, now’s your moment. She’s a 1945 widow, con artist, and Vegas showgirl who decides she’s done playing by the mob’s rules.

This book is personal. While researching the Black Dahlia case for Vegas Girls, I uncovered real-world trafficking networks that fed directly into the plot of Havana Girls. What stunned me: how little has changed.

Here I am telling Maggie Rodriguez as much on WFLA, just last week. But honestly, that's not how things look from where I'm sitting.

The same week, PayPal froze payments on Havana Girls invoices—not for using the word “girls,” but for saying “Havana.” The irony would be funny if it weren’t so infuriating.

This isn’t just retro noir. It’s a reckoning.

💥 In The Queenpin Chronicles, women don’t wait for permission to fight back. They torch the playbook. They make their own rules.

Your reviews for Book 3 have ALSO left me staring into my coffee, but in the best way:

You get it. These aren’t just crime stories. They’re survival stories. They’re about women who refuse to break.

And if you haven’t read Vegas Girls yet?
⚠️ The 99¢ deal ends tonight.

📚 Grab it now and see what happens when women rewrite the rules.

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ICYMI:
🎥 Watch me read the open to Havana Girls​
🎙️ Listen to my convo with St. Pete Catalyst​
✍️ Read my blog post: Are we backsliding on trafficking awareness?​

Thanks for being part of this world where justice doesn’t have to feel hopeless.

As Thelma says in Havana Girls:
​Justice isn't a zero-sum game. And it’s not just for men. I'm not giving up on that world. Are you with me?

XO,

​L.L. Kirchner • Author, The Queenpin Chronicles​ ​​​

P.S. - If this newsletter resonated with you, forward it to a friend. We need more people who believe survivors deserve better than disappointing verdicts.

P.P.S. - Seriously, don't forget about that Vegas Girls sale. July 14 and 15, Monday and Tuesday only. $0.99. Thelma is waiting for you.