A Potpourri of Opinions

  The Poetics of Passion A Muses of Scandal Novel Delphine Ross Publication date: July 25, 2023 by Muse Publications LLC Genre: Historical Romance Rating: 4 🍷🍷🍷🍷 Summary: In 1872 London, a scandalous love poetess and a passionate children's book illustrator are set at odds in this sparkling enemies-to-lovers debut historical romance. Musa Bartham has a secret. To support her destitute family after her father’s disappearance, she’s been publishing steamy poetry under the pen name of Felicity Vita. As Felicity Vita, Musa’s scandalous books have won legions of devoted fans—including an anonymous gentleman pen pal whose letters spark unruly desires she would never ever succumb to in her orderly daily life. But when Musa’s cherished younger sister, Angela, is offered sponsorship by their aristocratic great-aunt for an advantageous marriage, Musa realizes her dangerous double life as Felicity must come to an end. Instead, she’ll write books for children. Sebastian Atkinson is a passi...

  Unnatural Creatures Kris Waldherr Publication date: October 4, 2022 by Muse Publications Genre: Horror, Gothic, Historical  Rating: 5 👢👢👢👢👢 Summary:  For the first time, the untold story of the three women closest to Victor Frankenstein is brought to life in a dark and sweeping reimagining of  Frankenstein  by the author of  The Lost History of Dreams .  The Mother Caroline Frankenstein will do anything to protect her family against the nightmarish revolutions engulfing 18th-century Europe. In doing so, she creates her own monster in the form of her scientist son, Victor, whose obsession with conquering death leads to forbidden realms.  The Bride Rescued by Caroline as a four-year-old beggar, angelic Elizabeth Lavenza understands the only way she can repay the Frankensteins is by accepting Victor’s hand in marriage. But when Elizabeth’s heart yearns for someone else, the lives of those she most loves collide with the unnatural creature born...