by Tom Robbins
Princess Leigh-Cheri sits in her attic room, staring at a pack of Camel cigarettes and thinking about Bernard Mickey Wrangle, the outlaw bomber she met at an environmental conference. Their romance unfolds in the most unlikely of places as Leigh-Cheri becomes obsessed with the geometric perfection of the cigarette package. Bernard represents everything her royal upbringing taught her to avoid: he's a criminal, a revolutionary, a man who lives by his own rules. But Leigh-Cheri discovers the difference between mere criminals and true outlaws, between social activism and the kind of romantic individualism that Bernard embodies. As their relationship develops, she must choose between the safety of conventional life and the dangerous freedom Bernard offers. The moon watches over their story, revealing its ancient purpose while contemporary society swirls around them with its mix of wealthy Arabs, displaced royalty, and expectant cheerleaders. At its heart, this is a meditation on what it means to be a redhead in a world that doesn't quite know what to do with such people.
Genres: romance, literary-fiction, adventure, contemporary
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water
Setting: Attic
Period: Contemporary
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