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Count of Monte Cristo, The

How Far Would You Go for the Perfect Revenge? Author: Alexandre Dumas At 19 Edmond Dantes has everything he could ever want: a devoted fiancé, an impending wedding, a loving and self-sacrificing father, and soon the job of captain. He is doing well. Too well. His shipmate is vengeful, his downstairs neighbor weak and jealous, his soon-to-be-wife’s thwarted admirer desolate and angry. And so, Dantes’ good fortune becomes a curse. Through conniving and circumstance, his enemies see to his arrest on the day that would be his wedding. Fourteen-years later, the man who escapes prison is not the same naïve and [...]

Lost Apothecary, The

The Sweetest Revenge Author: Sarah Penner Murder and revenge – two sides of the same coin. It’s the late 18th century and Nella, an apothecary, serves a very special kind of client: women looking to remove the malicious men in their life. At first, Nella was a healer, but later she became a well known secret, the owner of a back alley shop known for the finest, untraceable poisons. She has rules though – this woman with a broken heart. She will not allow her poisons to be given to another woman, and each purchaser and her intended victim must be [...]