The Nature Lover

Based on real events, this novel uncovers the fierce, forgotten women of the Gilded Age art world who risked their reputations to paint their own destinies. It delivers a brilliant blend of hidden history, high-society rivalry, and the timeless fight for female independence.



She refused to choose between her art and her heart. So she kept both, on her own terms.

New York, 1871. Laura Woodward arrives at a Manhattan studio building with paint under her fingernails, leaves in her chestnut hair...