The Jackal's Mistress: A Novel Fiction_Gift_Guide tells a bold new story

tells a bold new story of how subjective experience crept into being—how nature became aware of itself

from the pouring rain of Venus to the ominous silence of a murder scene

With no physical evidence

All of London is abuzz with the scandalous case of Frannie Langton

With equal measures wit and rigor

The Jackal's Mistress: A Novel Fiction_Gift_Guide tells a bold new storyINSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER #1 BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLER In this Civil War love story, inspired by a real life friendship across enemy lines, the wife of a missing Confederate soldier discovers a wounded Yankee officer and must decide what shes willing to risk for the life of a stranger, from the New York Times bestselling author of such acclaimed historical fiction as Hour of the Witch and The Sandcastle Girls. Virginia, 1864Libby