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The Starstruck Thrillers Books in Order

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Find the Starstruck Thrillers by Emily Kimelman in order, with summaries, series background, and where to start with Angela's Hollywood spy story.

Last updated: July 15, 2026

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The Starstruck Thrillers books in publication order

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1

A Spy Is Born

by Emily Kimelman

2019

Aspiring actress Angela lands her first major Hollywood role, then finds herself tangled in a murder she never expected. Fame, political danger, and a new talent for deception pull her toward a life as an accidental spy.

2

Lone Spy

by Emily Kimelman

2025

Actress and covert spy Angela is now internationally famous, but attention brings attacks, political pressure, and dangerous demands. During a global promotional tour, she must balance her public image, secret work, and the people assigned to keep her alive.

The Starstruck Thrillers books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "A Spy Is Born"

    A Spy Is Born

    by Emily Kimelman

    2019The Starstruck Thrillers, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Lone Spy"

    Lone Spy

    by Emily Kimelman

    2025The Starstruck Thrillers, Book 2

Series background & context

The Starstruck Thrillers follow Angela, a young woman who wants to make it in Hollywood. In A Spy Is Born, she lands her first major acting role, which should be the break she has been waiting for. Instead, her introduction to the film business collides with murder, danger, and forces much larger than a bad day on set.

Angela is not looking to become a spy. That is the point.

Her acting career gives her access to rooms, events, and people that might otherwise be closed to her. It also makes her visible. As she gets pulled into political schemes and international intrigue, she must learn how to perform in a much riskier way, hiding fear, reading the people around her, and deciding whom to believe when every side seems to want something from her.

The Hollywood setting brings glamour to the surface, premieres, publicity, powerful producers, famous faces, and the pressure to appear composed. Beneath it is a world of surveillance, leverage, violence, and shifting alliances. Angela's growing fame is both an advantage and a threat. The very attention that could make her career can make it difficult to disappear when trouble begins.

In Lone Spy, the story widens as Angela's public life and covert work become harder to separate. She has allies, bodyguards, love interests, and people who claim to be protecting her, but the series keeps asking whether protection can become another form of control. Angela is capable and quick-thinking, but she is also learning the rules while people with far more experience are already playing for keeps.

These are adult political thrillers with action, romance, and a strong dose of celebrity-world tension. The books move quickly and do not treat Angela's new skills as magic. She gets through danger by paying attention, adapting, and refusing to give up control of her own choices.

Being famous is one thing. Being useful to powerful people is another.

Start with A Spy Is Born. It establishes Angela's acting ambitions, the murder that changes her direction, and the main relationships that carry forward. Lone Spy is a direct continuation, with higher international stakes and more pressure on Angela to decide what kind of life she is willing to lead.

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