Opera singer Sabine
Conrad is the toast of nineteenth-century New York high society. A
celebrated soprano with the voice of an angel, she is showered with
adulation by her audiences and courted by wealthy patrons. But behind
the scenes, her every move is controlled by a Svengali-like manager,
Gideon Price. When her attempt to escape him goes tragically awry, she
flees, leaving behind a grisly murder.
Three years later, as
Marguerite Olson, she has put aside the prima donna she once was to run a
low-class theater in Seattle. Hidden among prostitutes, drunks, and
miners, a desperate and determined Marguerite carefully guards the
secrets of her old life—until her past returns to offer a terrifying
proposition.
Prima Donna captures both the glittering decadence
of New York and the rough raunchy waterfront of Seattle, as Marguerite,
caught between two worlds, must find the strength to confront the truth
of her past and choose which voice defines her in this dark and
harrowing novel.
Praise for Prima Donna:
"Chance skillfully weaves the parallel worlds of one unhappy woman in Seattle, who grapples with prostitutes, drunken men and her own secrets, and an ambitious opera singer enthralled with her newfound fame… Chance spins a tale as feverishly operatic as some of the productions young Sabine loves… impossible to stop reading."- Seattle Times
"Heady… Chance deftly explores the hardships the former prima donna endures … even as Sabine yearns to return to the stage herself… an erotic thriller full of lively period detail."- Publishers Weekly
"Chance takes chances … a winner… Readers will be fascinated by her first person account, told through flashbacks."- RT Bookclub Magazine
"The book almost begs to be read in one sitting. … An absorbing read."- Historical Novels Review
Megan Chance
Megan Chance is the best-selling, critically acclaimed author of several novels. Her novel Bone River was an Amazon Book of the Month, A Drop of Ink was an Editors' Choice of the Historical Novel Society, and An Inconvenient Wife was an IndieNext pick.
Critics love the work of Megan Chance. Booklist calls her writing “Provocative and haunting.” "Magical," says The Kitsap Sun. “Stellar characterization, terrific dialogue,” praises Publishers Weekly. “Impossible to stop reading,” raves the Seattle Times.
In addition to her historical fiction novels, Chance is the author of the young adult Fianna Trilogy, short stories, and eight historical romance novels. Her novels have been translated into several different languages.
She is also a popular workshop speaker whose speaking credits include the Pacific Northwest Writers Conference, Romance Writers of America National Conference, Edmonds Write on the Sound Conference, the Seattle Assistance League, Timberland Regional Libraries, and many others.
Chance was born in Columbus, Ohio, and moved to Washington State as a girl. She graduated from Western Washington University. Megan lives with her husband in the Pacific Northwest.
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