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MY FAIR FRAUDS
A Novel
A Gilded Age adventure about two con women out for revenge.
The Grand Duchess Marie Charlotte Antonie of Würrtemberg a turmoil-plagued Germanic nation with closely guarded emerald mines
-- has taken Gilded Age high society by storm. Little does the upper crust know that Würrtemberg's mines are a sham and its "deposed duchess" is actually a con woman named Alice, a fallen woman out for revenge against the five ruthless robber barons who
destroyed her father and left her family in shambles
Alice's long investment con finally clicks into place when she meets a scrappy magician's assistant named Cora, a drifter who has lofty
aspirations of her own, a malleable young lady who proves the perfect debutante pawn to lure in Alice's final, and otherwise
unattainable, target. With the help of insider and society maestro Ward McAllister, among others, Alice and Cora launch into the social season of 1883, scheming their way through grand balls, private dinners, and opera nights, ensnaring Alice's targets one by one. But as they hurtle toward their ultimate swindle, a sprawling orchestrated scheme at their fabricated embassy to rob their targets blind, pressures close in from all sides. Mutiny within the ranks, hidden moles, crises of conscience.
This sting is sure to be the event of the season. Or else ruin Alice and Cora both.
Lee Kelly is the author of The Antiquity Affair, co-written with Jennifer Thorne, published by Harper Muse in summer 2023, and With Regrets, published by Alcove Press in fall 2023. She is also the author of two novels for young adults, City of Savages and A Criminal Magic. Before becoming a writer, she was an entertainment lawyer who practiced law in Los Angeles and New York. She lives with her husband and children in New Jersey.
Jennifer Thorne is an author of books for adults and young readers. Her adult debut, Lute, was published by Nightfire in Fall 2022, and
Diavola, a USA Today bestseller, published in March 2024. As Jenn Marie Thorne, she is the author of the YA novels The Wrong Side of Right, The Inside of Out, and Night Music. She is also the author of the picture book Construction Zoo. She currently lives in Gloucestershire, England with her husband and two sons.
-- has taken Gilded Age high society by storm. Little does the upper crust know that Würrtemberg's mines are a sham and its "deposed duchess" is actually a con woman named Alice, a fallen woman out for revenge against the five ruthless robber barons who
destroyed her father and left her family in shambles
Alice's long investment con finally clicks into place when she meets a scrappy magician's assistant named Cora, a drifter who has lofty
aspirations of her own, a malleable young lady who proves the perfect debutante pawn to lure in Alice's final, and otherwise
unattainable, target. With the help of insider and society maestro Ward McAllister, among others, Alice and Cora launch into the social season of 1883, scheming their way through grand balls, private dinners, and opera nights, ensnaring Alice's targets one by one. But as they hurtle toward their ultimate swindle, a sprawling orchestrated scheme at their fabricated embassy to rob their targets blind, pressures close in from all sides. Mutiny within the ranks, hidden moles, crises of conscience.
This sting is sure to be the event of the season. Or else ruin Alice and Cora both.
Lee Kelly is the author of The Antiquity Affair, co-written with Jennifer Thorne, published by Harper Muse in summer 2023, and With Regrets, published by Alcove Press in fall 2023. She is also the author of two novels for young adults, City of Savages and A Criminal Magic. Before becoming a writer, she was an entertainment lawyer who practiced law in Los Angeles and New York. She lives with her husband and children in New Jersey.
Jennifer Thorne is an author of books for adults and young readers. Her adult debut, Lute, was published by Nightfire in Fall 2022, and
Diavola, a USA Today bestseller, published in March 2024. As Jenn Marie Thorne, she is the author of the YA novels The Wrong Side of Right, The Inside of Out, and Night Music. She is also the author of the picture book Construction Zoo. She currently lives in Gloucestershire, England with her husband and two sons.
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