19th century

The dancing girls have been driven from the Governor's city again.

Outside the city gates, Lilly Best, a dancer at the Red Light dance hall, meets the Illusionist, a man without a name.

Alone and desperate, she wants a warm bed for the night.

She will receive so much more.

Cynthia Lee lives in Alabama with her husband, son and a very old cat. After a lifelong love affair with books for young people (and young at heart people), she decided to write stories of her own. Penny Dreadful is her first novel.