The Fortune Seller

The Fortune Seller

by Rachel Kapelke-Dale

When middle-class rider Rosie returns to her Ivy League university after a year abroad

She finds that her elite group of equestrian friends has been infiltrated by a mysterious transfer student, Annalise, a talented tarot reader. But when money starts disappearing from one of the riders bank accounts, Annalises role in the group is thrown into question, with devastating consequencesand causes that will take Rosie years to fully excavate. As she begins a new job at a hedge fund, Rosie begins to uncover who Annelise truly was with the help of an enigmatic stranger linking Annalise to the uber-rich. Taking place at Brown University and in New York in 2005 and 2006, THE FORTUNE SELLER is set in a moment when anything seemed possibleright before financial systems came crumbling down.

Praise -----------------------------------------------------------------

"Propulsive and engrossing, The Fortune Seller deftly examines the ways in which our lives are shaped by luck and by fate, illustrating the sometimes grizzly consequences of tempting either. Rachel Kapelke-Dale has (once again) captured the complexities of female friendship, ambition, and privilege with razor-sharp insight and sparkling prose, all set in the evocative worlds of equestrian competitions, dark academia, and the New York elite. Tarot cards offer hints at whats to come in each chapter, but this story kept me on my toes throughout; I absolutely devoured it." --Genevieve Wheeler, author of Adelaide

"Delicious and addicting, The Fortune Seller is the book of my occult horse girl dreams. Ambition, excess, equestrians-all filtered through the tarot and the question of fate versus luck. Kapelke-Dale has constructed a glittering tale of sacrifice and privilege. I guarantee you will not be able to put it down." --Julia Fine, author of Maddalena and the Dark

"The Fortune Seller is pure magic. A juicy campus novel suffused with complex friendship dynamics and an insider-outsider story of one womans struggle to fit in with her high-flying peers, Kapelke-Dale weaves suspense with sharp prose for a read that's both fast-paced and thought-provoking. The novels tarot cards may illuminate the future, but this much is clear: Id follow Kapelke-Dale anywhere." --Avery Carpenter Forrey, author of Social Engagement