The Angel In Manhattan | P. Bateman

Mary Alice Sterling had it all---wealth, status, and an elite Greenwich upbringing. But behind the closed doors of her family's estate lay a suffocating nightmare of volatile rages and dark expectations. Desperate for a fresh start, she does the unthinkable: she changes her name, chops her hair, and flees to the sprawling, chaotic grid of 1980s Manhattan.

Now, she is just Maren Davis-a quiet country girl from upstate, working a simple job at the prestigious Wall Street firm Pierce & Pierce. With her roommateship with loyal friend Jean, Maren finally believes she has buried her past under a mountain of awkward lies.

But in the high-stakes, toxic world of corporate Manhattan, beauty is a commodity---and Maren is a masterpiece.

Soon, her quiet grace catches the eyes of the firm's elite. While cocky brokers like David Van Patten pursue her with smooth charm, and high-society golden boy Paul Allen marks her as his next exclusive conquest, Maren finds herself drowning in an all-too-familiar discomfort.

Yet, the true danger doesn't lie in the superficial advances of Wall Street's playboys. It watches from the executive balcony.

Patrick Bateman---immaculate, obsessive, and entirely hollow---has fixated on Maren.

To him, she isn't just a receptionist; she is a fragile, rare antique doll that he desperately needs to break, dissect, and own. As David Van Patten moves closer to claiming Maren, Patrick's manic envy twists into a terrifying, possessive bloodlust, setting a chilling countdown into motion.

Trapped between the monsters she ran from and a cold, calculating predator who controls the very air she breathes, Maren is about to learn that New York is a city where people drop off the directory every single day. And this time, her innocent lies might not be enough to keep her from fading into the dark.