7/7/2023 0 Comments Boston belles the villainHands down a top 2020 must read - Helena Hunting, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author. And mortality, I am starting to learn, is an oddly beautiful thing. Filled with Shen’s trademark wit, soul searing angst and emotional poignancy, The Villain is a deeply satisfying story of patience, acceptance, perseverance and love. You taught me to feel, to love, to hurt, to get angry. You’ve taken over every part of my life and I don’t want any of it back. One I would become a casualty of happily. The feelings you stir in me remind me of a war. Even when I knew I was planning to get married, produce heirs, continue the Fitzpatrick legacy, I never expected more. I didn’t see you coming, Persephone Penrose. I’m sitting at my desk, writing this to you, and I don’t break my pace when our eyes meet, because I’m short on time and long on words and I don’t want to leave here and join the party before I pen this this entire letter. As if sensing my gaze, you look up to the window of my study, shooting me a sly grin. We have to trap them in the memory mason jar. We can’t miss moments like this, you’d said. It was your idea to make his birthday a whole production. Our son, Astor, who is a year old today, hugs your thigh possessively, peeking up shyly at the two women who are talking to you. Beautiful and sweet and open, drawing people to your presence like a honeybee to nectar. You’re fluttering between the guests like a butterfly, tipping the champagne flute to your rosebud lips with a smile.
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