In One Picture: Michal Scott’s “My Heavenly Phantom” (Contest)
“Her Heavenly Phantom” by Michal Scott – Forced into a marriage of convenience neither wants, a mild-mannered banker with an intriguing secret discovers his reluctant bride has a secret, too. I couldn’t get into this story for a long time. What finally helped was putting myself in the place of my main characters, who are forced to adhere to 19th-century societal restrictions regarding their race, class, and gender. Under those circumstances, how could such people find an outlet to keep life from being bitter and…