The 1940s. A time when Hollywood studios owned their talent.

Which included making sure the talent avoided scandal.

Shining star Tabitha St. Claire has a secret. PI Sam Belmont accepts the job to learn what that secret is.

To devastating results…

A standalone story in the popular Nikki Ashburne series, “An Ocean of Secrets in Her Eyes” originally appeared in Fiction River: Chances, 2021.