β Scribed by Vanessa Riley
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Offering "a vibrant picture of the roles Black and mixedβrace people played in Regency life" (Publishers Weekly), this unique historical mystery series, featuring a mixed-race heroine with a notorious past, will appeal to Bridgerton fans who want a sharper edge to their drama.
Pressed into a union of convenience, Lady Abigail Worthing knew better than to expect love. Her marriage to an absent lord does at least provide some comforts, including a box at the Drury Lane theater, owned by the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Abigail has always found respite at the theater, away from the ton's judgmental stares and the risks of her own secret work to help the cause of abolitionβand her fears that someone from her past wants her permanently silenced. But on one particular June evening everything collides, and the performance takes an unwelcome turn . . .
Onstage, a woman emits a scream of genuine terror. A man has been found dead...
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<B>Offering "a vibrant picture of the roles Black and mixedβrace people played in Regency life" (<I>Publishers Weekly</I>), this unique historical mystery series, featuring a mixed-race heroine with a notorious past, will appeal to <I>Bridgerton</I> fans who want a sharper edge to their drama.</B>