MEDFORD, N.J., Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Plexus Publishing,
Inc., the independent publisher of The New York Times bestseller Boardwalk
Empire, announced the publication of Perdita Buchan's latest novel, Florilla: A
Pinelands Romance.
Granddaughter of "The Pinelands Witch," daughter of the
self-styled Wizard of the Pines, and with powers of her own,
eleven-year-old Florilla Munion
finds herself abandoned deep in the New Jersey Pinelands. Rescued
by the itinerant Dr. Peace, she is taken to Benderville, a model
mill town in the heart of the Pines owned by the doctor's old
friend, the eccentric, progressive Benjamin
Bender. Benjamin Bender takes
Florilla in, and she becomes his pupil when he discovers her talent
for his beloved Latin and Greek.
Florilla's stay in Benderville is only the beginning of her
journey. Her abusive father, Jack
Munion, is a constant threat. He knows Florilla has
abilities that would be an asset to his traveling act. As Florilla
nears her eighteenth birthday, Benjamin
Bender, afraid he can no longer keep the magician at bay,
tries to marry her off.
Devastated by this betrayal, Florilla runs away. While on the
run, she comes across Colin
Drysdale, a young English botanist who has injured his leg.
She bandages his wound and takes him back to his home on the edge
of the Pines. She falls in love with Colin, but Florilla's
happiness is disrupted when her father kidnaps her. Although she is
separated from Colin by time and distance, they continue to search
for each other. Not just a love story, Florilla exposes the
diverse and sometimes conflicting lifestyles that competed to
survive in nineteenth-century America.
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