The Magicians and Mrs. Quent by Galen Beckett

From the back flap:  "What if there were a fantastical cause underlying the social constraints and limited choices confronting a heroine in a novel by Jane Austen or Charlotte Brontë? Galen Beckett, ... began The Magicians and Mrs. Quent to answer that question... "

I was excited to receive a copy of The Magicians and Mrs. Quent, Galen Beckett's “debut” novel. There's something exciting about a new author — they're fresh, and when you hold one of their books in your hands (especially a beautiful one like The Magicians and Mrs. Quent), you hope that maybe you're about to discover a brand new talent.

Imagine my disappointment when I turned over the title page and read that the copyright to The Magicians and Mrs. Quent belongs to Mark Anth... Read More