Stephanie Marie Thornton Livres

"A whirlwind courtship and fairytale wedding to John F. Kennedy propel young Jacqueline Bouvier into a startling new world of power and politics. Filled with incredible highs and unimaginable challenges, Jackie learns to hone her survival skills. Her grace and grit help catapult JFK from the Senate to the Oval Office. Jackie awes the country with her elegance and poise even as she is plagued by self-doubt. Then she accompanies JFK to Dallas and their days of magic come to an devastating end - forcing Jackie to pick up the ruined fragments of her life and forge a triumphant new identity"--

Set against the backdrop of revolutionary change, the narrative explores the intertwined lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley. It chronicles Wollstonecraft's fight for women's rights through her radical writings and her tumultuous personal life, while Shelley grapples with her mother's legacy and her own identity as a writer. As both women challenge societal norms, their journeys reveal deep familial bonds and personal struggles that ultimately lead to Shelley's emergence as the author of Frankenstein, illuminating their transformative impact on literature and feminism.

A thrilling tale of love, loyalty, and espionage, this story is inspired by the true account of Elizabeth Bentley, a Cold War double agent for both the Russians and the United States. In 1963, Catherine Gray arrives at Bentley's doorstep, seeking answers about a shocking family mystery. Instead, she becomes entangled in Bentley's own narrative as a controversial World War II spy and Cold War informer. Recruited by the American Communist Party, the young Bentley, code-named Clever Girl, discovers her talent for espionage while spying on fascists. Her life takes a turn when she falls in love with her handler, Jacob Golos, only to learn he is a Russian spy. Together, they create a vast Soviet spy network in America, with Elizabeth emerging as the uncrowned Red Spy Queen. However, as the Cold War intensifies, she finds herself in perilous conflict with the NKVD, the ruthless Soviet espionage agency. As Catherine listens to Elizabeth's gripping story, she begins to empathize with her, until shocking revelations reveal unexpected connections between their lives. Confronted with the unsettling notion that her existence may be built on a lie, Catherine realizes that truth can have many facets, and only Elizabeth can reveal what that truth truly is.