num_pages: 368
description: Martha Horgan is not like other women. She stares. She has violent crushes on people. She can't stop telling the truth. Martha craves love, independence, and companionship, but her relentless honesty makes her painfully vulnerable to those around Frances, her wealthy aunt and begrudging guardian; Birdy, who befriends her, then cruelly rejects her; and Colin Mackey, the seductive man who preys on her desires. Confused and bitter, distyrusting even those with her best interests at heart, Martha is propelled into a desperate attempt to gain control over her own life. A novel of unnerving suspense and terrifying insight into the perversities of passion, A Dangerous Woman is as devastatingly honest as Martha herself.
language: English
title: A Dangerous Woman
titlecomplete: A Dangerous Woman
genres: Relationships, Mystery, Mental Health, Novels, Romance, American Fiction, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mental Illness
ratings_count: 1166
publisher: Penguin Books