Stealing Athena

Stealing Athena is the story of two women, separated by centuries but united by their association with some of the world's greatest and most controversial works of art. Aspasia, a philosopher and courtesan to visionary politician Pericles during Athens's Golden Age, defies societal restrictions to become fiercely influential in Athens' power circle. Mary, the Countess of Elgin and a beautiful Scottish heiress, charms the fearsome men of the Ottoman Empire to make possible her husband's costly acquisitions, all the while brazenly defying the social conventions of her time. Both women prevail yet pay a heavy price for their rebellion. A tale of romance, intrigue, greed, and glory, Stealing Athena interweaves the lives of two of history's most beguiling heroines.

While Sister Anselm considers parallels between a hit-and-run targeting a pregnant former cult member and a similar case from years earlier, Ali Reynolds investigates threats against an aging in-law. By the New York Times best-selling author of the Joanna Brady series.

How does literature imagine its own powers of representation? Françoise Meltzer attempts to answer this question by looking at how the portrait—the painted portrait, framed—appears in various literary texts. Alien to the verbal system of the text yet mimetic of the gesture of writing, the textual portrait becomes a telling measure of literature's views on itself, on the politics of representation, and on the power of writing. Meltzer's readings of textual portraits—in the Gospel writers and Huysmans, Virgil and Stendhal, the Old Testament and Apuleius, Hawthorne and Poe, Kafka and Rousseau, Walter Scott and Mme de Lafayette—reveal an interplay of control and subversion: writing attempts to veil the visual and to erase the sensual in favor of "meaning," while portraiture, with its claims to bringing the natural object to "life," resists and eludes such control. Meltzer shows how this tension is indicative of a politics of repression and subversion intrinsic to the very act of representation. Throughout, she raises and illuminates fascinating issues: about the relation of flattery to caricature, the nature of the uncanny, the relation of representation to memory and history, the narcissistic character of representation, and the interdependency of representation and power. Writing, thinking, speaking, dreaming, acting—the extent to which these are all controlled by representation must, Meltzer concludes, become "consciously unconscious." In the textual portrait, she locates the moment when this essential process is both revealed and repressed.

The “alpha author of paranormal romance”* presents a stunningly sensual collection of four all-new Psy-Changeling novellas, in which taboos are broken, boundaries are crossed, and instincts prove irresistible... Echo of Silence In a deep-sea station, Tazia Nerif has found her life’s work as an engineer, keeping things running smoothly. But she wants nothing more than to break down the barrier of silence between her and her telekinetic Psy station commander... Dorian A changeling who can never shift lives a life of quiet frustration—until he learns how to let his leopard come out and play... Partners in Persuasion Still raw from being burned by a dominant female, wolf changeling Felix will never again risk being a plaything. But for dominant leopard Dezi, he’s the most fascinating man she’s ever met. She just has to convince this gun-shy wolf that he can trust the dangerous cat who wants to take a slow, sexy bite out of him… Flirtation of Fate Seven years ago, Kenji broke Garnet’s heart. Now the wolf packmates have to investigate the shocking murder of one of their own. And the more Kenji sees of the woman Garnet has become, the deeper he begins to fall once more. But even his primal instincts are no match for the dark secret he carries... *Booklist, starred review

Offers adaptation of classic Greek and Roman myths from Philip Freeman's "Oh My Gods."

A professor of classics and visiting scholar at the Harvard Divinity school presents modern interpretations of traditional Greek and Roman myths that render classic themes accessible to a new generation of readers.

Harlequin® Presents brings you four new titles for one great price! This Presents box set includes: BOUND TO THE WARRIOR KING Maisey Yates Untamed Tarek al-Khalij was never meant to rule Tahar. More familiar with a sword than a crown, this warrior must now heal the suffering his brother's rule inflicted. To do it, he needs his most precious weapon yet…a royal bride! HER NINE MONTH CONFESSION (One Night With Consequences) Kim Lawrence The merest glimpse of handsome and sophisticated Benedict Warrender was enough to make wallflower Lily Gray blush. Until posing as her vivacious twin sister gave her the confidence to enter his orbit for one life-altering night…with consequences! A BRIDE WORTH MILLIONS (The Howard Sisters) Chantelle Shaw Innocent Athena Howard can't believe she escaped The Wedding of the Year only to fall straight into Luca De Rossi's arms! It must be fate. The cutthroat businessman needs a wife, and fast…will Athena accept his offer worth millions? VOWS OF REVENGEDani Collins Melodie Parnell has always wanted to experience insatiable passion, and she thinks she's found it in Roman Killian's bed. But in the aftermath of their lovemaking, Melodie is catapulted back to reality when Roman reveals his true plans…to ruin her! Look for 8 new exciting stories every month from Harlequin® Presents!