![]() ![]() When Sonny starts showing up at Kelley's theater, she thinks that he is stalking her. He thinks Kelley is in danger because the horse that winds up inside of her bathroom is a kelpie or a Fae from the Otherworld. The handsome stranger, Sonny Flannigan, turns out to be a Janus guard for the Otherworld. In her struggle with the horse, she leaves behind some of the pages of her play with the theater address. On her way out of Central Park, Kelley saves a horse from drowning in one of the lakes. Kelly catches the eye of a handsome stranger, who gives her a rose and then disappears. Kelley is in Central Park practicing her lines after finding out she has to take on the lead role as the understudy of Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream. The story follows the main character, Kelley Winslow, as she tries to make it in theater after moving to New York City. Wondrous Strange is a novel by author Lesley Livingston. ![]()
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