title: House of Secrets: A Novel
author:  V.C. Andrews 
description: V.C. Andrews novels have been a bestselling phenomenon since the publication of<i>Flowers in the Attic</i>, first in the renowned Dollanganger series, which includes<i>Petals on the Wind</i>,<i>If There Be Thorns</i>,<i>Seeds of Yesterday</i>, and<i>Garden of Shadows</i>. The family saga continues with<i>Christophers Diary: Secrets of Foxworth</i>, <i>Christophers Diary: Echoes of Dollanganger</i>, and<i>Secret Brother</i>, and will continue with<i>Beneath the Attic</i>next fall as part of the fortieth anniversary celebration. There are now more than seventy V.C. Andrews novels, which have sold over 106 million copies worldwide and have been translated into twenty-five foreign languages. Join the conversation about the world of V.C. Andrews at Facebook.com/OfficialVCAndrews.
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  # The Female Gamester
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Gorges Edmond Howard
  
  
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  Prologue,
  
  
  
  
  
  ACT I.
  
  
    
  SCENE I. Mr. ANDREWS's house.
  
  
    
  SCENE II. Another room in Mr. ANDREWS's house.
  
  
  ACT II.
  
  
    
  SCENE I. An apartment in Mr. ANDREWS's house.
  
  
    
  SCENE II. Changes to another room in Mr. ANDREWS's
  
  
  house.
  
  
    
  SCENE III. Another room in Mr. ANDREWS's house.
  
  
  ACT III.
  
  
    
  SCENE I. A chamber in lord BELMOUR's house.
  
  
    
  SCENE II. Changes to another apartment.
  
  
    
  SCENE III. Mr. ANDREWS's house.
  
  
    
  SCENE IV. Mr. ANDREWS's house.
  
  
    
  SCENE V. Mr. ANDREWS's house.
  
  
  ACT IV.
  
  
    
  SCENE I. A room in Mr. GOODWIN's house.
  
  
    
  SCENE II. Mr. ANDREWS's house.
  
  
    
  SCENE III. Mr. ANDREWS's house.
  
  
    
  SCENE IV. Lord BELMOUR's house.
  
  
    
  SCENE V. An inn on Cornhill near Mr. ANDREWS's
  
  
  house
  
  
    
  SCENE VI. Changes to a back room.
  
  
  ACT V.
  
  
    
  SCENE I. An office in Mr. ANDREWS's house, an