About For Books The Scrivener's Tale Complete

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The internationally acclaimed author returns with a stand-alone novel, set in contemporary Paris and Morgravia-her most popular fantasy world.Gabe Figaret, an ex-psychologist, turned writer, now works in a bookshop in Paris as he comes to terms with his past. While he'd prefer to probe his own mind rather than a stranger's, he cannot refuse when Reynard, a doctor and one of his regular customers, asks Gabe to mentor a patient, a young, delusional and mute woman named Angelina.At first, the shy girl appears to be terrified of Reynard. But as Gabe soon discovers, Angelina is not quite what she seems. As his relationship with the strange young woman deepens, Gabe's life in Paris becomes increasingly unstable. He senses a presence watching, following, every move he makes. And there is a raven, which eerily appears wherever he turns.Angelina tells Gabe there is only one way to save them both: he must flee to Morgravia. Gabe believes her claim to be part of her delusion but when she begins to link minds and show him the realm where the cathedral that he has dreamed about since his youth, is real, he is drawn into her spell and her plan. But the journey to Morgravia comes at a price higher than he may be willing to pay: he must kill Angelina and absorb her spirit.Though Angelina is exquisitely persuasive, Gabe is not a murderer. But his morality cannot protect him for what is to come. Soon, Gabe's world will be turned upside down, and he will learn shocking truths about who he is . . . and who he can-or cannot-trust.and he will learn shocking truths about who he is . . . and who he can-or cannot-trust.

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