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Kelley Winslow is living her dream. Seventeen years old, she has moved to New
York City and started to work with a theatre company. Sure, she’s only an
understudy for the Avalon Players, a third-tier repertory company so far off-
Broadway it might as well be in Hoboken, but things are looking up—the lead has
broken her ankle and Kelley’s about to step into the role of Titania the Faerie
Queen in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Faeries are far more
real than Kelley thinks, though, and a chance encounter in Central Park with a
handsome young man named Sonny Flannery plunges her into an adventure she could
never have imagined.
Sonny is a Janus Guard, charged by Auberon, the King of
Winter, with watching over the gate into the land of Faerie, which lies within
Central Park. For Sonny, the pretty, young actress is an enigma. Strong and
willful, she sparks against his senses like a firecracker, and he can’t get her
out of his mind. As Hallowe’en approaches and the Samhain Gate opens, Sonny and
Kelley find themselves drawn to each other—and into a terrible plot that could
spell disaster for both New York and Faerie alike.
Canadian author Lesley Livingston explodes onto the stage of
teen fantasy with a debut novel—the first in a planned trilogy—that puts a fresh
new spin on classic faerie lore. Wondrous Strange blends a gripping plot
with fully believable characters, fascinating ideas and just the right amount of
romance to create a story that is vivid, thrilling and engaging. Readers of
Herbie Brennan, Holly Black and Melissa Marr will find a new favourite in Lesley
Livingston.
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