Aphrodite

'Particularly skilled in evoking the strangeness and contradictoriness of Greek myths’ The Sunday Times' From the author of Herc, a Waterstones Best Book of the Year 'Particularly skilled in evoking the strangeness and contradictoriness of Greek myths’ The Sunday Times' From the author of Herc, a Waterstones Best Book of the Year 'A joyful exploration of one woman's quest for home, power, identity and ultimately, freedom from fate. A genuine pleasure to read!' Clare North, author of Ithaca 'With sharp dialogue and dynamic scenes, it plays like a divine reality show.' Woman&home 'This is a stunningly witty tale' Daily Express 'Welcome the Real Housewives of Olympus. Stunning, brilliant, witty, so delicious it could only be divine' Reader review ***** *************************************************** 'I’m a liar, to begin with.' I wasn’t always a goddess, you see. My only real power was my beauty – you’ll have heard. It’s legendary. But that was never going to be enough for me. It took a web of lies to convince the gods of Olympus I was one of them. But I did. I was that good. Zeus gave me a title and riches and loved me. And all he wanted in return was for me to love him back. But of course, Zeus was a tyrant. (Not entirely surprising when you’re ninety per cent insecurities and ten per cent raw power.) I couldn’t live at someone’s mercy. Really, I had no choice. I had to take on the mightiest Olympian of all. And this bit’s not a lie… I intended to win. *************************************************** Authors and readers LOVE Aphrodite: 'Expect multiple POV's, humour (duh), strong female energy, love, action, war, all packaged in a beautifully crafted, comprehensive story' Reader review ***** 'Sparkles with wicked humour and boundless imagination' Kate…