Alcove Press
The Heir of Venus
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I cannot begin to count how many mythological retellings I’ve read which recount, at least in part, the Trojan War. The characters ...Read Review
The Sound of a Thousand Stars
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Fittingly, this novel set amidst the Manhattan Project is dark and deep. It bristles with intelligence and is stuffed with data, including historical ...Read Review
The Paris Understudy
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Thiele has written a powerful, suspenseful debut novel. We first meet tall, blonde Yvonne Chevallier as a contestant at the National Conservatory of ...Read Review
The Lost Dresses of Italy
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Dresses worn by the English poet Christina Rossetti in Verona, where she traveled in 1865, are discovered there in a hidden chest in 1947. The ...Read Review
Lilith
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Feminist in outlook and tone, Marmery’s well-researched novel relates the creation, banishment, and subsequent wanderings over time of the legendary Lilith, the ...Read Review
The Heroines (UK) / Phaedra (US)
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In this retelling of Greek myths, Phaedra is the daughter of King Minos on the civilised island of Crete, where they are visited ...Read Review
Phaedra (US) / The Heroines (UK)
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Phaedra has enjoyed a pampered life as the younger daughter of King Minos, despite the mocking whispers about her mother. Then Theseus comes ...Read Review
All the Lights Above Us
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June 6, 1944: D-Day. The allied invasion of Normandy changed the course of WWII and the history of the world. History, however, is not monolithic ...Read Review
A Bright Young Thing
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It’s 1931. The Great Depression has begun. In London, a young socialite named Astra Davies finds herself in a terrible jam. Astra’s ...Read Review
The Mermaid from Jeju
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Korean-born, New Zealand-based author Hahn debuts with a poignant, original book about women’s strength, the human cost of war, and how people ...Read Review
