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The author of 9 published novels, Liz Maverick has been published by NAL, Dorchester and Avon. Her previous works include Cosmopolitan Magazine Book Club Pick What a Girl Wants, PRISM/Daphne Award finalist The Shadow Runners, Golden Leaf Award-winner Crimson Rogue and Waldenbooks/B&N bestseller Crimson City. 

When a young woman learns that whole time lines and identities can be changed by the two mortal enemies who accost her on the street, she must decide who and what she wants to be—and which man to trust and love.

Publishers Weekly

If Maverick's fast-paced, genre-bounding novel is any indication, Dorchester's new imprint, Shomi-which aims to hook a younger generation of readers-should catch an audience quickly. Maverick grabs readers from page one, throwing together romance, science fiction and cyberpunk-a mash-up hinted at in the anime-style packaging- to tell the story of L. Roxanne Zaborovsky, a high-strung freelance computer programmer whose reclusive life gets tossed on its head when two men show up looking for her. Appearing mysteriously one night, the pair immediately set to fighting over Roxanne; before long, she realizes one is an old college acquaintance, Mason Merrick. Taking off with Mason, Roxanne learns that the men are each after a valuable bit of her work-a piece of code she hasn't even written yet. When even stranger things follow-like close friends showing up with entirely different lives-Roxanne discovers that her pursuers are playing with the threads of reality, trying to gain advantage over the other. Maverick's roller-coaster ride doesn't always stay grounded, but it's easy to get drawn into her world of twisting realities and shifting identities, especially with superb heroine Roxanne handling narration. This excellent piece of genre fiction shows much promise for both Maverick and the imprint she spearheads. (July)