title: The Rake's Tale
author:  Bettie Williams 
description: Bettie Williams has been an award-winning author of novels and short stories for over 20 years. Her short stories have been published in numerous literary anthologies, and she has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. THE RAKE'S TALE is her first published novel. It took first place in the South Carolina Writers Associations 2014 Carrie McCray Memorial Literary Awards. For more information, visit the authors website at www.BettieWilliams.net.
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