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AN ALMOND FOR A PARROT
By: Wray Delaney
MIRA
March 2017
On Sale: February 28, 2017
Featuring: Tully Truegood
400 pages
ISBN: 077833015X
EAN: 9780778330158
Kindle: B01HB731LE
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Paranormal Historical | Historical | Romance Historical
I would like to make myself the heroine of this story and my character to be nobleโan innocent victim led astray. But alas, sir, I would be lyingโฆ In prison, accused of murder, Tully Truegood begins to write her life story. A story that takes her from a young girl in the backstreets of 18th century London to her stepmother Queenie's Fairy Houseโa place where decadent excess is a mustโฆ Trained by Queenie to become a courtesan, and by Mr. Creaseโa magician who sees that Tully holds similar special powers to his ownโTully soon becomes the talk of the town. But as Tully goes on a journey of sexual awakening, she falls in love with one of her clients and the pleasure soon turns to pain. Especially when the estranged husband she was forced to marry by her father suddenly seeks her out. Now Tully is awaiting her trial for murder, for which she expects to hangโฆand her only chance of survival is to get her story to the one person who might be able to help her. Delaney's incredible tale of a young woman's journey out of the depths of despair is shocking, haunting and evocative. Part historical fiction and part magical realism, this juicy, jaw-dropping story will linger long after the last page is turned.
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