num_pages: 373
description: Anna Van Housen has a secret. A gifted illusionist Anna assists her mother the renowned medium Marguerite Van Housen in her stage show and sances easily navigating the underground world of magicians mediums and mentalists in 1920s New York. As the illegitimate daughter of Harry Houdinior so Marguerite claimssleight of hand illusions have never been a challenge for Anna. The real trick is keeping her own gifts secret from her opportunistic mother. Because while Marguerite's own powers may be a sham Anna possesses a true ability to sense peoples feelings and foretell the future.But as Annas powers intensify she begins to experience frightening visions of her mother in peril which leads her to explore the powers shes tried so long to hide. And when a mysterious young man named Cole moves into the flat downstairs introducing Anna to a secret society that studies people with gifts like hers she is forced to confront her past and rethink everything shes ever known. Is her mother truly in danger or are Annas visions merely illusion? And could the great Houdini really be her father or is it just another of Marguerites tricks?From Teri Brown comes a world bursting with magic with romance and the temptations of Jazz Age New Yorkand the story of a girl about to become the mistress of her own destiny.
language: English
title: Born of Illusion
publisher: Balzer + Bray