Silk: Caroline's Story - The Silk Trilogy, #1 - E-book - ePub

Headless dolls, horse races, and arson-the tools of passion. Caroline Corbett is ready for the twentieth century, excited to find work and meet new people-but she gets more than she expected when a rough-hewn Lowcountry farmer and a small-town doctor both engage her affections. The broad-shouldered, broad-humored farmer is clear about his desires, and he's there for her. The doctor is sophisticated, educated, and obviously the right choice-but sees no reason to dwell on certain realities.
Caroline must decide between them, but in doing so she fails to consider the girl Jessie. A young sociopath bent on her own way, Jessie Bell sees very good reasons to dredge up unpleasant realities-and to create new ones. Before long, this South Carolina landscape is riddled with the detritus of her intense jealousies, which have set astonishing and horrifying events into motion.*IndieBRAG medallion recipient.*Shelf Unbound Finalist for 2021 Best Indie Book Award.*Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2021 Finalist in the category of Historical Fiction.*American Fiction Awards 2021 Finalist in the category of Family Saga.*Shortlisted for the 2021 Goethe Award by Chanticleer International.*Book Excellence Awards 2022 Finalist in the Historical category.*National Indie Excellence Awards 16th Annual Finalist in the category of Regional Fiction: Southeast."The social realism of Jane Austen meets the Southern gothic of Flannery O'Connor in this absorbing novel by Sophia Alexander.
Silk: Caroline's Story explores questions of longing and desire, of jealousy and heartbreak, and of the fateful choices that shape one's destiny--or doom us completely. Alexander has a true gift for illuminating the most intimate desires of her historical characters in this richly drawn book that I couldn't put down." -Sarah Domet, critically-acclaimed author of The Guineveres.