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Synopsis
From Victoria Thompson, the national bestselling author of the Edgar® and Agatha award-nominated Gaslight Mysteries, comes the first Counterfeit Lady novel—the intriguing start of a historical mystery series featuring woman-on-the-run Elizabeth Miles.
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Like most women, Elizabeth Miles assumes many roles; unlike most, hers have made her a woman on the run. Living on the edge of society, Elizabeth uses her guile to relieve so-called respectable men of their ill-gotten gains. But brutal and greedy entrepreneur Oscar Thornton is out for blood. He’s lost a great deal of money and is not going to forgive a woman for outwitting him. With his thugs hot on her trail, Elizabeth seizes the moment to blend in with a group of women who have an agenda of their own.
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She never expects to like or understand these privileged women, but she soon comes to respect their intentions, forming an unlikely bond with the wealthy matriarch of the group whose son, Gideon, is the rarest of species—an honest man in a dishonest world. Elizabeth knows she’s playing a risky game, and her deception could be revealed at any moment, possibly even by sharp-eyed Gideon. Nor has she been forgotten by Thornton, who’s biding his time, waiting to strike. Elizabeth must draw on her wits and every last ounce of courage she possesses to keep her new life from being cut short by this vicious shadow from her past.
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PUBLISHER: Berkley
DATE PUBLISHED: November 7, 2017
SERIES: Counterfeit Lady Novels, Book 1
FORMATS: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Audiobook
ISBN-13: 978-0399586576 (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 978-0399586583 (Paperback)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” css_animation=”element_from_left” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_separator type=”normal” color=”#000000″ thickness=”1″ up_style=”px” down_style=”px”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”30px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” css_animation=”element_from_left” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Read Sample Pages” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”10px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_raw_html css=””]JTVCZm9vZ2FsbGVyeSUyMGlkJTNEJTIyNTEyNDclMjIlNUQ=[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Listen to a Sample of the Audiobook” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”10px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/p0vCGQytFSc” css=””][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”50px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” css_animation=”element_from_right” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_separator type=”normal” color=”#000000″ thickness=”1″ up_style=”px” down_style=”px”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”30px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_custom_heading text=”About Victoria Thompson” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css_animation=”fadeInRight” css=””][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” css_animation=”element_from_right” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”51569″ img_size=”large” onclick=”link_image” css=”” qode_css_animation=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=””]Victoria Thompson’s work includes the USA Today bestselling Gaslight Mystery series, which has been nominated for six Agatha Awards, an Edgar® Award, and a Bruce Alexander Award, and the Counterfeit Lady Novels series, which was nominated for the Sue Grafton Memorial Award by Mystery Writers of America. In 2012, she received a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times magazine.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”18px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text css=””]Victoria earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and Secondary Education from the University of Maryland and a Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania, a program for which she was also a professor for twenty-three years. She passed away peacefully at home in the suburbs of Chicago, IL in August 2024 after a years-long battle with cancer. Her husband of fifty-five years, Jim Thompson, passed away in January 2025. The Thompsons are survived by two daughters who are both writers and three grandchildren. Their daughter, Ellen Thompson, is carrying on her mother’s legacy by continuing to write books in Victoria’s series. 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