Chris Bohjalian: The Jackal's Mistress

Celebrate the launch of The Jackal's Mistress with New York Times bestselling author Chris Bohjalian at this special in-person, pre-release event at Phoenix Books Burlington! A vivid and sweeping story of two people navigating the boundaries of love and humanity in a landscape of brutal violence, The Jackal’s Mistress is the heart-stopping new novel, based on a largely unknown piece of American history, from one of our greatest storytellers.

Virginia, 1864—Libby Steadman’s husband has been away for so long that she can barely conjure his voice in her dreams. While she longs for him in the night, fearing him dead in a Union Pr*son camp, her days are spent running a gristmill with her teenage niece, a hired hand, and his wife, all the grain they can produce requisitioned by the Confederate Army. It’s an uneasy life in the Shenandoah Valley, the territory frequently changing hands, control swinging back and forth like a pendulum between North and South, and Libby awakens every morning expecting to see her land a battlefield.
And then she finds a gravely injured Union officer left for dead in a neighbor’s house, the bones of his hand and leg shattered. Captain Jonathan Weybridge of the Vermont Brigade is her enemy—but he’s also a human being, and Libby must make a terrible decision: Does she leave him to die alone? Or does she risk treason and try to nurse him back to health? And if she succeeds, does she try to secretly bring him across Union lines, where she might negotiate a trade for news of her own husband?

Chris Bohjalian is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-five books, including The Princess of Las Vegas, The Lioness, Hour of the Witch, Midwives, and The Flight Attendant, which has been made into a Max limited series starring Kaley Cuoco. His other books include The Red Lotus; The Guest Room; Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands; The Sandcastle Girls; Skeletons at the Feast; and The Double Bind. His novels Secrets of Eden, Midwives, and Past the Bleachers were made into movies, and his work has been translated into more than thirty- five languages. He is also a playwright (The Club, Wingspan, and Midwives). He lives in Vermont and can be found at chrisbohjalian.com or on Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, Litsy, and Goodreads.

DATE: Saturday, March 8, 7PM

LOCATION: Phoenix Books, 89 Church Street, Burlington, VT 05401

ADMISSION: Please note: Online ticket sales will end at 3PM on March 8, 2025. A limited number of tickets will still be available at the door prior to the start of this event.

This is a ticketed event. Tickets can be purchased at the bottom of this page.

Single: $29, includes general admission for one, and one hardcover copy of The Jackal's Mistress

Double: $34, includes general admission for two, and one hardcover copy of The Jackal's Mistress

Seating is limited and will be on a first come, first served basis.

A signing line will follow the event.

Additional copies of The Jackal's Mistress will be available for sale at the event.

BOOKS: Can't make it to the event but still want to purchase a signed, personalized copy of The Jackal's Mistress? Click . Copies pre-ordered through our website or in our stores before the morning of March 8, 2025 will be available on the release date of March 11, 2025.

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