Alcove Press
The Unforgettable Mailman
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In the fall of 1966, the Chicago post office shuts down for three weeks. Overwhelmed by the growing volume of mail and an outdated ...Read Review
House of Spells and Secrets
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Three sisters, triplets, in their late 20s, have just lost their mother when they find a photo of a young girl standing in ...Read Review
The Shakespeare Secret
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The year is 1591. Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, has returned to court, bristling at the empty flattery and pageantry of Queen Elizabeth’s ...Read Review
The Gods Time Forgot
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The book begins with an intriguing premise: What if the Irish gods, creatures of vast appetites and uncontrollable passions, were forced to move ...Read Review
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
