Ali­na Adams is the NYT best­selling author of soap opera tie-ins, fig­ure skat­ing mys­ter­ies and romance nov­els. Her Regency romance, The Fic­ti­tious Mar­quis was named a first Jew­ish #Own­Voic­es His­tor­i­cal by The Romance Writ­ers of Amer­i­ca. Her Sovi­et-set his­tor­i­cal fic­tion includes The Nest­ing Dolls, My Mother’s Secret: A Nov­el of the Jew­ish Autonomous Region, and the May 2025 Go On Pre­tend­ing. More at: www​.Ali​naAdams​.com.