The arrival of Chris Wiley, a seventeen-year-old literary prodigy whose historical novel on Mary Queen of Scots and the murder of Lord Darnley has already ignited publisher interest, at the College Sunrise finishing school sparks a dangerous game of envy, sexual jealousy, attraction, and adultery for Rowland Mahler, a would-be novelist, and his wife, Nina. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

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