Sarah Diemer is an amazing woman. She blogs at Muse Rising, is one half of the team behind Glamourkin (the other half being her magical wife Jenn; Jenn also makes gorgeous flower accessories available at Garden of Antheia).
Sarah has just released her debut novel, The Dark Wife, a lesbian revisionist retelling of the Persephone and Hades myth:
Three thousand years ago, a god told a lie. Now, only a goddess can tell the truth.
Persephone has everything a daughter of Zeus could want–except for freedom. She lives on the green earth with her mother, Demeter, growing up beneath the ever-watchful eyes of the gods and goddesses on Mount Olympus. But when Persephone meets the enigmatic Hades, she experiences something new: choice.
Zeus calls Hades “lord” of the dead as a joke. In truth, Hades is the goddess of the underworld, and no friend of Zeus. She offers Persephone sanctuary in her land of the dead, so the young goddess may escape her Olympian destiny.
But Persephone finds more than freedom in the underworld. She finds love, and herself.
I snapped up the Kindle version of The Dark Wife as soon as it was available, and also ordered a signed copy from Sarah. I believe in her and her work so much, and I think that anyone who has any interest in the Persephone mythos should get a copy.
Sarah believes in herself, too. So much that she’s offered The Dark Wife for free online. And if you download it, and read and enjoy it, please go to her website and donate some money.
The Dark Wife is also available:
- on Amazon.com (for Kindle) for $2.99
- on BarnesAndNoble.com (for Nook) for $2.99
- on Smashwords (for eReaders/reading online) for $2.99
- print option coming soon!
- Have a Goodreads account? You can add The Dark Wife here!
Shveta Thakrar also has a great interview with Sarah here.
Mirrored from Stephanie Gunn.
