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The Widow Nash

The Widow Nash

Author(s): Jamie Harrison

Location(s): World

Genre(s): Historical, Fiction

Era(s): 1905

Dulcy Remfrey has traveled the globe with her eccentric father Walton, a wealthy entrepreneur obsessed with earthquakes and catastrophe, searching to cure his long battle with syphilis through any crackpot means necessary. Their deep connection is tested, however, when Walton returns from an African expedition without any of the proceeds from the sale of his gold mine. It seems he’s lost his mind along with the great sum of money, his health declining rapidly. Dulcy’s obsessive ex-fiancé (and her father’s business partner) insists she come to Seattle to decipher her father’s cryptic notebooks–a dozen in all, wrapped in brightly colored silk–which may hold clues to the missing funds. Yet when her father dies before they can locate the money, Dulcy falls under the suspicion of her ex-fiancé. Petrified of being forced to spend the rest of her life with him, Dulcy decides to disappear from the train bringing her father’s body home.

Is it possible to disappear from your old life and create another? Is it possible to live truly free? Dulcy travels the West reading stories about her presumed death and settles into a small Montana town where she’s reborn as Mrs. Nash, a wealthy young widow with no burden of family. But her old life won’t let go so easily, and soon her ex-fiancé is on her trail, threatening the new life she is so eager to create.

The Widow Nash is a riveting narrative, filled with a colorful cast of characters, rich historical details, and epic set pieces. Europe in summer. New York in fall. Africa in winter. The lively, unforgettable townsfolk to Livingston, Montana. And in Dulcy, Jamie Harrison has created an indelible heroine sure to capture the hearts of readers everywhere.

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