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If Mamie's unapologetic hunger for power gripped you in The Revolt of Mamie Stover by William Bradford Huie, meet Amber St. Clare in Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor.

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Why It's Your Next Read

  • Raw sexuality weaponized against corrupt hierarchies
  • 17th-century chaos fuels ruthless social climbing
  • Zero moralizing—just unflinching human vice
  • Anti-heroine who exploits desire w/o remorse

If Mamie Stover's ruthless climb through wartime Honolulu's vice world left you hungry for more unrepentant female ambition, Amber St. Clare awaits—a Restoration England anti-heroine who wields her sexuality like a blade, carving through corrupt aristocratic hierarchies with the same cunning self-interest that made Mamie unforgettable. Winsor's prose cuts with journalistic precision, refusing to moralize as Amber schemes, seduces, and survives plague, fire, and political chaos.

Amber embodies the same defiant individualism that made Mamie's brothel empire scandalous.

This isn't genteel historical romance—it's raw class warfare in brocade and bodices, where desire fuels power grabs and respectability is just another con. Amber embodies the same defiant individualism that made Mamie's brothel empire scandalous.

For readers who relish morally complex women exploiting upheaval for personal gain, this is required reading.

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What Readers Are Saying

"Amber St Claire is an entity that will live on long after her author is dead. She's like a force of nature--really--you can't stop her, and she dares you to try!" Stephen Smarr, Goodreads
"Amber takes you through one of the most interesting periods in English history... A feisty, brave and independent heroine who is not afraid to go after what she wants." Tara, Goodreads
"It’s a lusty romp through Restoration England..." Anna, Goodreads

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