The Secret Life of Mrs. London
Rebecca Rosenberg
San Francisco, 1915. Famed novelist Jack London and his wife, Charmian, wrestle with the confines of marriage. But everything changes when Charmian is pulled into a magic show of the renowned escape artist, Harry Houdini, a man troubled by his own marriage. Charmed by Houdini’s attentions and sexual magnetism, Charmian’s eyes open to a world of possibilities that could be her escape…
San Francisco, 1915. As America teeters on the brink of world war, Charmian and her husband, famed novelist Jack London, struggle under the strains of marital discord. Charmian longs to be viewed as an equal partner who put her own career on hold to support her husband. But Jack doesn’t see it that way… until, Charmian is pulled from the audience at a magic show of the beguiling escape artist, Harry Houdini, a man enmeshed in his own troubled marriage. And suddenly, charmed by the attention Houdini pays her, and entranced by his sexual magnetism, Charmian’s eyes open to a world of possibilities that could be her escape.
As Charmian grapples with her urge to explore the forbidden, Jack’s increasingly reckless behavior threatens to break their already tenuous bond. Now torn between two of history’s most mysterious and charismatic figures, she must find the courage to forge her own path, even as she fears the loss of everything she holds dear.
