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Emily Franklin, Love & Other Monsters
Tuesday, September 29 at 1:00 p.m.
Luncheon $15.00 (Author talk is free)


From the Bestselling Author of THE LIONESS OF BOSTON comes Love & Other Monsters– a story of love, lust, art, and betrayal set in the scandalous summer of 1816 when 18-year-old Claire Clairmont–Mary Shelley’s stepsister and Lord Byron’s lover– changed the course of literature forever… and then was erased. Emily Franklin once again brings a woman and her world vividly to life.

“Titillating, scintillating…a burning tale of badly behaving literary luminaries that drips with juicy details.”
—BookPage

“Luminous and transportive….as singular and lightning charged as the moment that inspired Frankenstein itself.”
—Historical Novel Society, Editor’s Choice

“Delicious, spot-on…will delight fans of British period dramas and readers of historical fiction.”
—Library Journal, Starred Review

“Will appeal to fans of Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell and By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult.”
—Booklist, Starred Review