Description
Outlander meets The Unmaking of June Farrow in THE CONJURED WOMAN In early 19th century Paris, Adelaide Lenormand, a fortune teller popular with the elite, conjures a golem for Napoleon Bonaparte during a dinner party. Something quickly goes wrong, and her creation looks nothing like the manservant she promised. Even worse, immediately after it arrives, the golem steal's the Emperor's emerald scarab from a chain around his neck, and mysteriously disappears.
Moments later in London, Elise Dubois, an ER nurse from Tucson, Arizona, is found sprawled in front of The Quiet Woman Public House. She's wearing nothing but tattered shorts, a sports bra, and one pink running shoe. Gripped in her fist is the missing scarab.
Adelaide is suddenly launched on a quest to find the golem and the scarab, and restore her reputation, while Bonaparte's minister of police breathes down her neck. Attempting to blend in, Elise is troubled by nightmares of a wild-eyed French woman, and knows that she'll stop at nothing to return to 21st century Arizona, even if that means breaking the heart of the one man who understands her.
The Conjured Woman is the first in the Emerald Scarab Adventure series aimed at lovers of hard-edged heroines. In a story of time travel, romance, and fortune, anything can happen.
About the Author
With a French father and a mother from New Orleans, Anne Gross's interest in the Napoleonic era was inevitable. Raised in St. Paul, Minnesota, Anne graduated from the University of Saint Thomas with a degree in music. She then went on to complete a graduate degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music before moving to Tucson, Arizona where she taught music for nine years. In 2006, she and her husband moved to Colorado where Anne went back to school and became a registered nurse. Through all her shifts in life, Anne Gross has been writing. Currently, she lives in San Francisco where she's working on the continued adventures of her recalcitrant heroine.
Reviews
"It's kind of like Outlander but with a protagonist who spends a lot of time swilling gin and punching people."―Kyle Cassidy, author and photographer
"Anne Gross' writing style is witty and charming. She never lets her characters off easy, which is something I enjoy in novels. And oh, the plot twists they are so much fun. It's fiction that resembles real life in both situation and character relationship dynamics, while being filled with drama, adventure, and romance. I recommend this book for those who enjoy adventure stories, female protagonists, time travel, fortune telling, and historical fiction. It has a good mix of whimsy and realism. The Conjured Woman is moderate to fast in pacing and certainly a page-turner. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series."―Jadzia DeForest, The Cartomancer: A Quarterly Tarot, Lenormand, and Oracle Journal
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