num_pages: 378
description: The wife of a high-stakes international financier, Nell Calder finds her life shattered when her husband and child are killed and she is disfigured, events that transform her from a quiet, unassuming wife to a determined woman bent on revenge. 60,000 first printing. $60,000 ad/promo.
language: English
title: The Ugly Duckling
titlecomplete: The Ugly Duckling
characters: Nell Calder, Nicholas Tanek, Philippe Gardeaux, Jamie Reardon, Paul Maritz, Tania Vlados
genres: Mystery, Adult, Suspense, Romantic Suspense, Thriller, Romance, Contemporary, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 12845
publisher: Bantam