The Ingenue

🎹𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄🎹

Thank you St Martin’s Press for this gifted copy.

Anytime I’m looking for a new mystery or thriller, the first thing I look for, is one that is going to have excellent suspense, and some serious twists. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 looks like just the ticket too, and it hits stores today!

𝙈𝙮 𝘿𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙑𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙣'𝙨 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.

𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: When former piano prodigy Saskia Kreis returns home to Milwaukee after her mother's unexpected death, she expects to inherit the family estate, the Elf House. But with the discovery that her mother's will bequeathed the Elf House to a man that Saskia shares a complicated history with, she is forced to reexamine her own past––and the romantic relationship that changed the course of her life––for 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 Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue delves into mother-daughter 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 Saskia's childhood and the present day, this dark, contemporary fairy tale pulses with desire, longing, and uncertainty, as it builds to its spectacular, shocking climax.

💬 𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐱?

This Afternoon

Oh, I just had a blast teaching my afternoon spin class! Today’s theme was sing-along, so it was full of songs everyone was singing to and rocking out with. And of course I had to end class with this classic:

You know you just started singing a song in your head!

As you can see, it was definitely quite the workout!