The Specter (Waxwood Series: Book 1)

The Specter book cover

“A fantastic story that will definitely intrigue the reader and pull you into the last page.”

San Francisco, 1892: Vivian Alderdice is not your typical Gilded Age debutante. She prefers reading books and long walks in Golden Gate Park to ballroom dancing and flirting with eligible young men. But with the intense social obligations and expectations attached to the Alderdice name, she has little choice but to comply with the wishes of her family.

Then in the midst of her debutante life, her grandmother dies. The foundation of Vivian’s future is now shaky with confusion and uncertainty.

To make matters worse, a woman shows up at the funeral claiming to be an old friend from Penelope’s younger days. The woman she describes is not the Nob Hill socialite and wife of the city’s biggest shipping tycoon, but Grace Carlyle, an artist in search of adventure in a small coastal town named Waxwood.

Is the intruder a crank or, as Vivian’s mother claims, “confused”? Or is she telling the truth? Now, it’s not only Vivian’s future that is shaky but her past as well.

Vivian’s determination to find out who her grandmother was uncovers family lies kept hidden for over forty years.

Will Vivian find her future in her grandmother’s past?

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