The Castle of Plutus

A gripping, witty novel about the search for self-belief and identity against others’ control and influences Tony is a young woman with ambition and dreams. Her older brother, Austin, likes to be in charge of his younger sister and believes he is guiding her for her best interests. Tony wants to be an actress. Austin advises her she isn’t good enough so she ends up doing her degree in French. Tony falls for her French lecturer who she quickly becomes engaged to, then marries. The night of her honeymoon in Paris reveals how jealous and controlling her husband is, but it also opens another possibly for Tony. Austin has plenty of advice for Tony with guidance from the tarot cards. Austin’s obsession with numerology and astrology continues in his guidance and advice about Tony’s life. How far does this influence and affect what Tony does? Is her life really turning out like that fateful card? Finding someone who she thinks will be the love of her life, Tony struggles to establish her identity and confidence as she finds herself in situations that she must get out of…