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The Thirteenth Husband

A Novel

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"A whirlwind...A truly wonderful read." —Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Spectacular

Love, loss, scandal, and specters haunt this fictional tell-all narrated by the real Gilded Age heiress Aimee Crocker.

Aimee Crocker is no stranger to a scandal—she's a Bohemian legend, with her tattoos, pet snakes, and more than a few husbands over the years. But behind Aimee's public notoriety, there's private pain.

When Aimee is ten years old, as the night dips into the witching hour, the Woman in White appears to her. Minutes later, Aimee's father is dead—and Aimee inherits a fortune. But the Woman in White never really leaves Aimee, appearing as a sinister specter before every tragedy in her life. Despite Aimee's wealth, her cross-continental travels, and her increasingly shocking progression through husbands, Aimee is haunted by the unidentifiable Woman's mysterious motivations.

Real-life heiress Aimee Crocker blazed an unbelievable trail of public scandal and private tragedy. Her life was stranger than fiction and brighter than the stars, and she whirled through her days as if she was being chased by something larger than herself.

Perfect for fans of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and HBO's The Gilded Age, Macallister spins an unforgettable tale and brilliantly takes us into Aimee's world of love, loss, and everything in between. 

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    • Library Journal

      July 1, 2024

      Macallister's (The Arctic Fury) latest features the real 19th-century railroad heiress Aimee Crocker, who lived an opulent and extravagant life across the globe but also experienced multiple tragedies--each preceded by a vision of a woman in white surrounded by shadow. Prepub Alert.

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      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Booklist

      August 19, 2024
      The spectral woman in white first appears to ten-year-old Aimee Crocker the night her beloved father dies, leaving her with a "bottomless" loss and a $10 million fortune. In Macallister's (The Arctic Fury, 2020) captivating biographical novel, Aimee recounts her quest to fill that loss, to grab every chance at pleasure. Missing her father, feeling isolated and misunderstood, she rebels against Gilded Age conceptions of female propriety. When her first marriage fails, the Sacramento heiress embarks on a life of far-flung travel, exotic encounters, lavish entertainment, and a string of husbands and lovers. Throughout Aimee's life, the woman in white appears at times of impending tragedy, haunting Aimee's thoughts and feeding her interest in mystics and Eastern religions. Macallister skillfully crafts Aimee's story, filling it with memorable characters and judiciously detailed period settings. Aimee is passionate, unfettered, and self-reflective. She reckons she's married 12 times, counting seven extralegal "Oriental" husbands. Then, one night, she recognizes the dark shadow around the woman in white for who the figure really is.

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