Death by a Thousand Cuts

by Maggie Linn Sharpe

Simon and Gretchen's dual timeline, secret, forbidden workplace romance. Full Blurb coming soon!

247 pages, Kindle Edition

Expected publication October 13, 2026

About the author

Maggie Linn Sharpe has been creating worlds and characters in her mind for as long as she can remember. Because no career path felt quite right, despite her efforts, and motherhood limited her social time, she decided to try writing a romance novel. Now she's pretty sure she won't be able to stop.

Maggie lives outside of Columbus, Ohio with her husband, her two boys, and her mother. When she's not writing, she's usually reading romance, obsessing about musicals, or spending time with her kiddos, which usually involves learning more than she wanted to know about Minecraft and watching Bluey on repeat.

Reviews

[Hannah]

I got an ARC copy of this book, it was such a cute and fun read. If you like workspaces romances then this book is for you!! I can’t wait till it’s officially released and you all can read it!! I felt like I related to Gretchen and her family issues and it’s not a fun situation to be in. In order to protect yourself, your peace, mental heath, most importantly your happiness you need to put yourself first. You do matter. Simon was a good guy, he was put on the spot but he has dealt with a lot of loss in his life, so it’s understandable with the way he wanted to handle things. I’m glad in the end they overcame everything and they ended up together. I honestly wished their story didn’t end so quickly, but I hear there is a book 2 coming out so I hope to hear about them in it. I’m excited.

Thank you again for this opportunity again to read!! 💖

[Christina Simmons]

This book had me hooked from the first chapter. I loved seeing Simon and Gretchen’s story play out! I love this story as much as Maggie’s first book in this series State of Grace.