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Willis empowers Saskia with a righteous rage that listeners will embrace AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award Winner

Willis vocal characteristics convey the repercussions of sexual abuse in a compassionate style that envelops the listener Within the heartwrenching storyline the atmospheric and suspenseful tones are built and emphasized with sweeping acoustics Willis brings a deeply emotional connection to Saskia with her intense melodious narration Booklist

My Dark Vanessa meets The Queens Gambit in this new novel of suspense about the bonds of family the limits of talent the risks of ambition and the rewards of revenge

When former piano prodigy Saskia Kreis returns home to Milwaukee after her mothers unexpected death she expects to inherit the family estate the Elf House But with the discovery that her mothers will bequeathed the Elf House to a man that Saskia shares a complicated history with she is forced to reexamine her own pastand the romantic relationship that changed the course of her lifefor answers Can she find a way to claim her heritage while keeping her secrets buried or will the fallout from digging too deep destroy her

Set against a post MeToo landscape Rachel KapelkeDales The Ingenue delves into motherdaughter relationships the expectations of talent the stories we tell ourselves and what happens when the things that once made you special are taken from you Moving between Saskias childhood and the present day this dark contemporary fairy tale pulses with desire longing and uncertainty as it builds to its spectacular shocking climax

A Macmillan Audio production from St Martins Press