Allegedly raised by wolves in the wilds of Nevada and adopted by a wealthy Manhattan couple that wants to civilize her, 18-year-old Bronwyn explosively enters high society and is implicated in the deaths of several suitors while her devoted brother resolves to take the fall for her.
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“An over-the-top romp through 1870s America . . . compulsively readable.” —Oprah.comJean Zimmerman’s spectacular follow-up to The Orphanmaster has it all: Gilded Age romance, robber baron excess, detective story suspense, and a compelling female protagonist whom readers will fall in love with.In 1875, the Delegates, an outlandishly wealthy Manhattan couple on a tour of the American West, seek out a sideshow attraction called “Savage Girl.” Her handlers avow that the wild, seemingly mute Bronwyn has been raised by wolves. Presented with the perfect blank slate to explore the power of civilized nurture, the Delegates take her back east to be introduced into high society. Cleaned up, Bronwyn is blazingly smart and darkly beautiful; as she takes steps toward her grand debut, a series of suitors find her irresistible—and begin to turn up murdered.
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