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Caroline Woods | Author-Reader Match: THE MESMERIST
Author Guest / September 9, 2024

Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match”; where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It’s our great pleasure to present Caroline Woods!   Writes: Historical mysteries with strong female protagonists, perfect for fans of Ariel Lawhon. My latest is a dark and cozy historical thriller with a hint of witchiness, arriving just in time for fall. The Mesmerist is based on a salacious true crime that happened in Minneapolis in 1894. It’s up to three women at the Bethany Home for Unwed Mothers—also based on a real place—to catch the killer.   About: I’m Caroline, age 41, and I live near Chicago, Illinois. I love cuddling up with great fiction in a mashup of genres, especially historical fiction that incorporates mystery, sci-fi, or time travel, which is probably why the books I write can best be described as “historical fiction with a twist.” I also enjoy taking long walks to the library to pick up my holds and visiting the dunes and beaches along Lake Michigan.   My ideal reader MUST love: Strong female characters and women helping women Mysticism and illusion: think Sarah…