City of Ash, Megan Chance
City of Ash, Megan Chance
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City of Ash

Author: Megan Chance

Narrator: Madeleine Dauer

Unabridged: 16 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/28/2022


Synopsis

When the great Seattle fire of 1889 leaves them with nothing to lose, two very different women discover a mutual passion for revenge.

Chicago socialite and art patron Geneva Langley has brought scandal to her family for the last time. Her latest and boldest act of immodesty is too much for her father to bear, and he banishes her to Seattle, along with her scheming, ambitious husband, Nathan. Seattle is a far cry from Chicago—the streets are muddy, the society backward, and Ginny feels stifled and alone.

Despite her considerable talent, Beatrice Wilkes is an actress whose dream of being a leading lady is fading rapidly. She can't believe her luck when a new production gives her a chance at stardom, but Geneva Langley seizes the opportunity for her own and unwittingly crushes Bea's last dream.

The two women engage in a fierce battle for center stage, but the great Seattle fire, which ravages the city, changes their fates and plans. In its aftermath, Ginny and Bea see an opportunity to change their lives: but it would mean banding together to enact a truly wicked plan. Their dark and perilous alliance will set them on the path to either redemption or damnation.

About Megan Chance

Megan Chance is the author of Prima Donna, The Spiritualist, An Inconvenient Wife, and Susannah Morrow. A former television news photographer, she lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and two daughters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michaela on March 13, 2025

Kniha z knižnej štafety, za ktorú ďakujem Janke. Román vychádza z niektorých pomerne známych historických faktov (napr., že existovali sanatóriá, kde sa zatvárali nepohodlné osoby, ópiové brlohy a činske podsvetie, či smotánka v Amerike, ktorá sa delila ešte na tú staršiu (s viac ako 100-ročným rodo......more

Goodreads review by Lenny_reads on September 28, 2021

Bála som sa, či na mi novinka od vydavateľstva Grada bude páčiť, keďže historické romány vôbec nečítam. No hneď za prvý deň som zhltla 100 strán. Aj keď dej príbehu plynie pomaly, myslím, že autorkin príjemný štýl písanie to vynahradil a ja som sa vôbec nenudila. Aspoň som mala čas vžiť sa do May, kt......more

Goodreads review by Chloe on January 05, 2019

I loved this but it should have been gay. Thanks......more

Goodreads review by zuz.cahoj on January 13, 2024

Zrodená z trosiek a popola sa u mňa radí do kategórie - kúpená iba kvôli obálke a bez toho, aby som si vôbec prečítala anotáciu 😅. Takých rozhodne nemám v knižnici málo. Teraz po prečítaní kúpu vôbec neľutujem, lebo aj napriek pomalšiemu rozbehu sa mi nesmierne páčila. Mladá May ostane po smrti matky......more

Goodreads review by Cedric on June 07, 2011

My Kirkus Review: The fates of an ambitious young actress and an exiled society lady intertwine in 1889 Seattle when the Great Fire nearly burns the fledgling city to the ground. Geneva Langley, daughter of a wealthy railroad tycoon, has it all, inviting the greatest artists of the day to her Chicago......more