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Dark Ugly Places
Some wounds don't heal. They fester. They whisper. They take over.
Set against the glittering, haunted streets of Beverly Hills and Los Angeles, Dark Ugly Places is Ashley Mansour's second novel, a domestic suspense about the stories we tell ourselves to survive and the secrets we bury to stay that way.
Nicola Holiday has spent years rebuilding a carefully curated life after a tragedy shattered her marriage and left her a widow. In their gated Beverly Hills home, she and her teenage daughter have rules, routines, and rituals designed to keep the past exactly where it belongs: buried.
But when Nicola's charismatic former best friend, Martha, blows back into town with a true-crime podcast and a dangerous interest in Nicola's late husband, the story Nicola has told herself about what happened that night begins to crack. Martha wants the truth. The internet wants a monster. And somewhere between the two lives the one thing Nicola can't risk losing: her daughter.
As old friends close ranks and strangers dissect her marriage in real time, Nicola is forced to return to the night everything went wrong and the ugly, impossible choice she made. Because Martha isn't the only one digging. And some people will do anything to keep the past from clawing its way into the light.
Coming APRIL 2027
The Girl That Jack Killed
In the house of Green, nothing stays buried for long.
When Violet Green returns to her family's crumbling ancestral estate in Surrey, it's supposed to be for one weekend. A quick trip across the Atlantic to help her father, Harold, finally decide what to do with the house that has defined—and destroyed—generations of Greens.
But the moment Violet steps onto the overgrown grounds, the past presses in. The whispers of a childhood spent chasing ghosts in secret passageways. The memory of a boy named Jack and the terrible story the villagers still tell about him. The things Violet saw—and refused to see—on the night that sent her running to America and left the house shrouded in shame.
Now, with Harold slipping, the estate's debts mounting, and distant relatives circling, Violet must decide whether to sell off the last piece of her family's legacy—or stay long enough to face what really happened in the house of Green. Because the land remembers. The walls remember. And the story that has been told about Jack may be the most dangerous lie of all.
Fiction Backlist
International Bestseller
Blood, Ink & Fire
From #1 Amazon Bestselling Author, Ashley Mansour comes a dystopian thriller...
In a world where books have been banned and the written word erased, Noelle Hartley has never read a single sentence. Her memories are fractured, her past a mystery, her life tightly controlled by a regime that has outlawed stories in the name of order.
When a smuggled book appears and the words inside it begin to unlock dangerous memories, Noelle is pulled into Verity, a rebel underground that believes stories are worth killing—and dying—for. To survive, she must outwit Fell, the brutal enforcer tasked with keeping citizens compliant, and join forces with the Nine of the Rising, a band of fugitives who will stop at nothing to ignite a revolution.
As Noelle races to piece together her true identity and the role she plays in Verity's plan, she discovers that the greatest weapon against a regime built on silence may be the one thing they've tried to erase: the power of a single story.
Blood, Ink & Fire is a gripping, evocative tale that asks, who would we be without books?
Originally published December 2015 by Upturn Publishing
Nonfiction
International Bestseller
The Author's Success Code
Unlock the proven system Ashley uses to help writers finish, publish, and profit from their books.
In The Author's Success Code, bestselling author and writing coach Ashley Mansour pulls back the curtain on the exact strategies she has used to help hundreds of writers finally finish their books and build sustainable author careers.
Drawing on her signature TAP Writing Method and PAE System, Ashley walks you through how to tame your ideas, architect a compelling book, and execute like a professional—without burning out, getting lost in perfectionism, or waiting for inspiration to strike.
Whether you're writing fiction or nonfiction, just starting out or relaunching your author career, this book gives you a step-by-step roadmap for getting your book out of your head and into the world—and building the platform to support it.
Praise for the Book
"Ashley Mansour has created a clear, compassionate roadmap for writers who are serious about finishing and sharing their work. This is the book I wish I'd had years ago."
— The Book Revue
"I felt like Ashley was sitting next to me, cheering me on. This book gave me the energy, structure, and inspiration I needed to finally commit to my manuscript."
— Early Reader Review
"The way Ashley breaks down the TAP Writing Method and PAE System made the whole process feel doable. I finally have a plan—and the motivation—to finish my book."
— Early Reader Review
About the Author
Ashley Mansour
Ashley Mansour is a bestselling author, award-winning film producer, and storyteller whose fiction peels back the layers of ordinary lives to reveal what lurks beneath.
Her debut novel, Blood, Ink & Fire, became an international bestseller and introduced readers to her signature blend of cinematic worldbuilding and emotional intensity. Her upcoming domestic suspense, Dark Ugly Places (Spring 2026), and gothic thriller, The Girl That Jack Killed (Fall 2026), continue her exploration of obsession, loyalty, and the stories we tell to survive ourselves and each other.
Off the page, Ashley has spent more than a decade in publishing and Hollywood, helping writers, filmmakers, and creators bring their stories to life. Her work behind the camera and in the writers' room informs her sharp, visual prose and the propulsive, binge-worthy quality of her books.
She lives in Irvine, California, with her husband and their 65-pound Bernedoodle, Bernie, who thinks he's the main character.
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