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• Wattpad Featured • 1889, Paris, France. At the height of the Belle Époque, France has finally entered a time of peace, beauty, and scientific advancement. That is until blood flows through the streets of Paris. Attacks on young artisans, dancers, and scientists from across the globe have painted the city a hundred shades of scarlet. The people are divided, violent riots turn the city topsy turvy, and the Exposition Universelle is rattled at its core. Fleeing to the capital from her home in Marseilles, twenty-year old physician's secretary Lina Lévesque discovers she has a strange ailment leading her down the path of the murders. Whilst striving for answers to her chilling sickness, escaping the tragedies of her past, and fighting the darkness threatening to overtake her, the aspiring medic teams up with a group of unlikely friends; a vengeful detective, a morally-gray journalist, a circus violinist, and a cabaret owner with a secret, as they hunt down the killer tearing their country apart. Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité Welcome to 19th Century France 🇫🇷 • Status: REWRITE - ONGOING NA/A Historical Mystery with a thread of Paranormal Fantasy • Finalist in the Morningtides Awards • Winner of the Iridescent Awards in Mystery/Thriller • Winner of the Chaos Awards 4 in Mystery/Thriller • Winner of the Stellar Awards in Historical Fiction • Winner of the Ruby Awards in Historical Fiction • Winner of the Reader's Choice Award for Historical Fiction • Featured in the Young Adult 'Time Machine' Reading List • Featured in the Mystery 'Summer Mystery Reads' and 'Elementary, My Dear' Reading Lists • Featured on WattMulticultural 'Mystery, Thriller, Crime' Reading List • Featured on Wattpad's 'The Featured List' under Wattpad Picks August 30th 2018 • Nominated for the Reader's Choice Award
Prologue - Before Scarlet
