Barbara Ewing
The Circus of Ghosts
New York in the 1840s. Cordelia Preston and her daughter, Gwenlliam, are on the run. Cordelia is a professional mesmerist…
The Fraud
The time is the 18th century. The Marshalls are a faded gentry family living in Bristol. After both parents and…
The Mesmerist
Editors' choice
As Queen Victoria comes to the throne, the mysterious Mrs. Cordelia du Pont begins her meteoric rise to fame and…
Rosetta
As a child, Rose Hall is fascinated with language and stories. When her father reveals that she was named for…
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