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Rebecca Sonnenshine is a graduate of UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. In addition to attending the Berlinale Talent Campus, the Film Independent Director's Director was awarded a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. She produced the feature films Reversion (2008), which had its Sundance Film Festival premiere, and Bunny (2000), which was nominated for a Spirit Award. Her credits as a screenwriter include Within, American Zombie, The Haunting of Molly Hartley, and Happily Even After. She also wrote on The Vampire Diaries.
Set against the neon-lit, jazz-infused backdrop of a magical New Orleans underworld, FILTHY RICH FAE is a dark, high-stakes romantic fantasy thriller. Cate Holloway is a fiercely independent trauma nurse living by one strict rule: stay far away from the Gages, a lethal and obscenely wealthy crime family that secretly controls the city's supernatural elements. But when her reckless brother falls deep into debt with them, Cate is forced to confront the family's enigmatic and ruthless heir, Prince Lachlan Gage. Instead of demanding a cash repayment she can never afford, the chillingly beautiful fae prince proposes a sinister alternative: a thirty-day soul bargain that binds her directly to him.Plunged headfirst into a glamorous yet terrifying hidden world of rival courts, blood magic, and ancient grudges, Cate is thrust into the center of a deadly supernatural power struggle. As a human outsider navigating the treacherous politics of the magical elite, she must survive cutthroat court intrigue and the terrifying specter of the Wild Hunt. As the days tick down, the sharp, hostile tension between Cate and her captor morphs into a scorching, forbidden attraction. Lachlan represents everything she fears, yet his protective instincts and hidden depths become impossible to ignore. In a world where every glittering promise hides a lethal trap, Cate must discover if she can outsmart the immortal prince, or if surrendering her heart to a monster is the most dangerous gamble of all.
