A girl possessed

by Violet Winspear

Janie was an actress – but was she a good enough one to carry out the masquerade that the mysterious Pagan Pentrevah was demanding of her? For he wanted her to pretend to be married to him – because, he said, he wanted to keep his ex-wife Roxanne at bay. Janie agreed, although with reservations – reservations that were increased when the lovely Roxanne arrived, for how could any man want to keep her at arm’s length? Could Janie compete? More to the point, was she actress enough to conceal her own growing and hopeless love for Pagan?

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Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?