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Release date: April 2025
ISBN-Paperback: 979-8886797831
ISBN-Hardcover: 979-8886797848
Pages: 484
Publisher: Luminare Press
THE SECOND MRS. LONDON
OUT LATER THIS YEAR
San Francisco, Spring of 1900: Charmian Kittredge is an ambitious woman of twenty-nine, single, and unafraid to challenge the conventions of polite society. Her life will be forever changed when she accompanies her literary editor aunt to a luncheon to meet young writer Jack London, fresh from the Klondike and ready for fame, and they experience instant chemistry.
Jack is charmed to discover that Charmian’s intellect is as compelling as her beauty, and the attraction builds with each encounter, culminating in an invitation to a picnic date—one that Jack will break with the barest of notes announcing his marriage to another.
Yet social circles conspire to bring them back together, and the pair discover that time has done nothing to quell the attraction they feel. Charmian chooses to be in Jack’s life no matter the consequence—becoming his friend, confidante, editor, lover—and eventually The Second Mrs. London.
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It all began with a red blazer. Once I saw Charmian's wardrobe and the Jack London State Park in Glen Ellen, California, I was hooked. Who was this woman? I was an experienced English teacher. I taught Jack London. I had never heard of Charmian Kittredge London.
I spent the next years finding her. First at The House of Happy walls, then in her books: The Book of Jack London, The Cruise of the Snark, and Our Hawaii. Through a stroke of luck, I was admitted to the Huntington Library as a Scholar to research primary materials such as her diaries, letters, and ephemera.
Rough drafts, more rewrites than I can remember, Beta readers, my writers group, writers conferences and hair tearing led to this final work: The Second Mrs. London. Enjoy the ride. Charmian isn't always an easy person to love!
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Reviews
While the literary icon Jack London is widely revered, in "The Second Mrs. London," author Marlo Faulkner elevates Charmaine Kittredge to the position of prominence she deserves. This magnificent love story illuminates how the two free-spirited adventurers had no choice but to be together. We experience them living their dreams as Faulkner shares their grand and often perilous voyages on the high seas. This extraordinary story is a testament to Charmaine's unbreakable resolve and bold heart. She made it possible for Jack to be Jack London.
Nancy Klann-Moren
Author of The Clock Of Life and Love and Protest
I think your writing is fantastic. Really beautiful. The way you developed the characters was great. I read the book twice and really loved it both times.
Antoinette May
Author of The Determined Heart, The Sacred Well,
Pilate's Wife and Haunted Houses of California