As promised, here’s a snippet from the very beginning of The Thirteenth Husband, courtesy of Paste Magazine. I love the way they describe the book:

The book is based on the story of the heiress Aimee Crocker, who inherited a ten million dollar fortune in the late nineteenth century, and was subsequently known for exploring the Far East, throwing extravagant parties from New York to Paris to San Francisco, and collecting a string of husbands, lovers, adopted children, snakes (yes, really), and more. The Thirteenth Husband aims to dramatize the remarkable, often unbelievable, life of a trailblazer.

Oh yes, Aimee did all this and more. Read more here.