Women are puppets to him – easy to handle, easy to conquer. Not me, though. Cedric Crow, the aloof and mysterious thriller and suspense writer, a star with millions of fans and billions in his bank account. He is used to have women at his feet, worshipping his every move, his every word. I had it coming when I dared to roll my eyes at his narcissistic ramblings. But I didn’t expect him to go after me like this. He wants me. All of me. Submitting to him excites me. He wakes me from a slumber that has cast a damp over my dull life. But he's keeping a secret from me... can I really trust him?

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Miniaturist comes a captivating and brilliantly realized story of two young women—a Caribbean immigrant in 1960s London, and a bohemian woman in 1930s Spain—and the powerful mystery that ties them together. England, 1967. Odelle Bastien is a Caribbean émigré trying to make her way in London. When she starts working at the prestigious Skelton Institute of Art, she discovers a painting rumored to be the work of Isaac Robles, a young artist of immense talent and vision whose mysterious death has confounded the art world for decades. The excitement over the painting is matched by the intrigue around the conflicting stories of its discovery. Drawn into a complex web of secrets and deceptions, Odelle does not know what to believe or who she can trust, including her mesmerizing colleague, Marjorie Quick. Spain, 1936. Olive Schloss, the daughter of a Viennese Jewish art dealer and an English heiress, follows her parents to Arazuelo, a poor, restless village on the southern coast. She grows close to Teresa, a young housekeeper, and Teresa’s half-brother, Isaac Robles, an idealistic and ambitious painter newly returned from the Barcelona salons. A dilettante buoyed by the revolutionary fervor that will soon erupt into civil war, Isaac dreams of being a painter as famous as his countryman Picasso. Raised in poverty, these illegitimate children of the local landowner revel in exploiting the wealthy Anglo-Austrians. Insinuating themselves into the Schloss family’s lives, Teresa and Isaac help Olive conceal her artistic talents with devastating consequences that will echo into the decades to come. Rendered in exquisite detail, The Muse is a passionate and enthralling tale of desire, ambition, and the ways in which the tides of history inevitably shape and define our lives.

Praised by her mentor John Adams, Mercy Otis Warren was America's first woman playwright and female historian of the American Revolution. In this unprecedented biography, Nancy Rubin Stuart reveals how Warren's provocative writing made her an exception among the largely voiceless women of the eighteenth century.

Our relationship was a dirty, dirty secret...It was a huge mistake.I fell in love with my brother's best friend.Only to get pregnant, and then abandoned.I'll never forgive Ben.He left me when I needed him the most.I've survived five years without him.But my heart still races when I see him again.His eyes pierce through my soul.His touch takes me back in time.I'm tempted to make the same mistake I did back then.But what happens when I tell him my secret?And can I move past everything that he's put me through?

"We all have plenty of skeletons in our closets. And if you fall in love with another person, you will eventually meet his." Saved from a long lasting slumber and a life marked by ever-present ennui, Renee thought she knew what she was getting herself into with secretive and dominant author Cedric Crow. She enjoys her new found desires with the elusive billionaire, but his shielded nature comes with a price. Soon, his ghosts from the past are summoned by the limelight that Renee's and Cedric's relationship has been put in. As much as Renee cherishes the intriguing ups and downs that define her new life with Cedric... can her loyalty to him pass this challenging test?

The first in an action-packed debut middle grade fantasy duology about a Cuban American girl who discovers that she’s one of the nine Muses of Greek mythology. Perfect for fans of The Serpent’s Secret, the Aru Shah series, and the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Callie Martinez-Silva didn’t mean to turn her best friend into a pop star. But when a simple pep talk leads to miraculous results, Callie learns she’s the newest muse of epic poetry, one of the nine Muses of Greek mythology tasked with protecting humanity’s fate in secret. Whisked away to Muse Headquarters, she joins three recruits her age, who call themselves the Muse Squad. Together, the junior muses are tasked with using their magic to inspire and empower—not an easy feat when you’re eleven and still figuring out the goddess within. When their first assignment turns out to be Callie’s exceptionally nerdy classmate, Maya Rivero, the squad comes to Miami to stay with Callie and her Cuban family. There, they discover that Maya doesn’t just need inspiration, she needs saving from vicious Sirens out to unleash a curse that will corrupt her destiny. As chaos erupts, will the Muse Squad be able to master their newfound powers in time to thwart the Cassandra Curse . . . or will it undo them all?