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The Book of Lost Stories
- Author
- Trisha Ashley
- Narrator
- Laura Kirman
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 31 July 2025
- Run Time
- 8 hours 33 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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A lost journal. A long-buried secret. A story waiting to be told.
Cleo Finch has loved gothic literature all her life. She’s spent years researching and writing her thesis on the works of one gothic novelist in particular, Orlando Browne, and is determined to prove that Browne was the pen name of a female author, Alys Weston.
But as her best friend Tris never fails to remind her, she still hasn’t succeeded in finding concrete evidence that proves this to be true.
That is, until Cleo’s Uncle Ambrose unknowingly gifts her Alys’ very own journal, forgotten in a stack of first-edition gothic novels.
As Cleo begins deciphering Alys' diary entries, she finds herself utterly absorbed by Alys' vivid descriptions of the people in her own life - particularly the rakish Lord Rayven - and the challenges Alys faced trying to keep Orlando’s true identity a secret.
And so, newly inspired, Cleo sets aside her thesis to pen a gothic novel of her own . . .
Previously published as Lord Rayven's Revenge. This edition has been updated with new material from the author.
© Trisha Ashley 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
Critics Review
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This fresh spin on a Regency Romance sparkles with Trisha Ashley's trademark humour and eloquence. Evocative, wry, charming and utterly joyous
Hazel Prior, bestselling author of Away With the Penguins
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Details
- Author
- Trisha Ashley
- Narrator
- Laura Kirman
- Duration
- 8 hours 33 minutes
- Release Date
- 31 July 2025
- ISBN
- 9781529966145
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Historical romance
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.A lost journal. A long-buried secret. A story waiting to be told.Cleo Finch has loved gothic literature all her life. She’s spent years researching and writing her thesis on the works of one gothic novelist in particular, Orlando Browne, and is determined to prove that Browne was the pen name of a female author, Alys Weston.But as her best friend Tris never fails to remind her, she still hasn’t succeeded in finding concrete evidence that proves this to be true.That is, until Cleo’s Uncle Ambrose unknowingly gifts her Alys’ very own journal, forgotten in a stack of first-edition gothic novels.As Cleo begins deciphering Alys' diary entries, she finds herself utterly absorbed by Alys' vivid descriptions of the people in her own life - particularly the rakish Lord Rayven - and the challenges Alys faced trying to keep Orlando’s true identity a secret.And so, newly inspired, Cleo sets aside her thesis to pen a gothic novel of her own . . .Previously published as Lord Rayven's Revenge. This edition has been updated with new material from the author.© Trisha Ashley 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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