At fourteen, Kit St. Denys brought down his abusive father with a knife. At twenty-one his theatrical genius brought down the house. At thirty, his past � and his forbidden love � nearly brought down the curtain for good.

A compelling Victorian saga of two men whose love for each other transcends time and distance � and the society that considers it an abomination. Set in the last twenty years of the 19th century, The Phoenix is a multi-layered historical novel that illuminates poverty and child abuse, theatre history in America and England, betrayal, a crisis of conscience, violence and vengeance, and the treatment of insanity at a time when such treatment was in its infant stage. Most of all it is a tale of love on many levels, from carnal to devoted friendship to sacrifice.

About the Author

Ruth Sims is a former librarian with a special love for history and historical fiction. She is the author of two published historical novels, The Phoenix (Lethe 2009) and Counterpoint: Dylan's Story (Dreamspinner (2010). She also loves short stories and has had several published in 2010 by Untreed Reads as ebooks. There are several more works "under construction"--novels and short stories, gay and not gay, historical and contemporary. A special joy is receiving letters and emails from readers.

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