Greenville Author Jessica Leake to Celebrate Launch of Debut Novel

Greenville author Jessica Leake will celebrate the launch of her debut novel, Arcana, at Huguenot Mill at The Peace Center on Saturday, November 1st, from 5-7pm.

This event is free and open to the public. Table 301 will provide Edwardian Era hors d’oeuvres, and there will be a cash bar. Fiction Addiction will be the bookseller for this event. You can reserve copies of the book online or by calling us at 864-675-0540. We will also have books for sale at the event on a first-come, first-served basis

Arcana is a romantic, suspenseful, genre-bending debut novel set in Edwardian London.

Amid the sumptuous backdrop of the London season in 1905, headstrong Katherine Sinclair must join the ranks of debutantes vying for suitors. Unfortunately for Katherine, she cannot imagine anything more loathsome — or dangerous. To help ease her entrance into society, Katherine’s family has elicited the assistance of the Earl of Thornewood, a friend and London’s most eligible bachelor, to be her constant companion at the endless fetes and balls. But upon her arrival in London, Katherine realizes there will be more to this season than just white gowns and husband hunting.

Through her late mother’s enchanted diary, Katherine receives warning to keep hidden her otherworldly ability to perform arcana, a magic fueled by the power of the sun. Any misstep could mean ruin — and not just for her family name. The Order of the Eternal Sun is everywhere — hunting for those like her, able to feed on arcana with only a touch of the hand.

But society intrigue can be just as perilous as the Order. The machinations of the fashionable elite are a constant threat, and those who covet Katherine’s arcana, seeking the power of her birthright, could be hiding behind the façade of every suitor — even the darkly handsome Earl of Thornewood.

With so much danger and suspicion, can she give her heart to the one who captivates her, or is he just another after her power?