The Lost Season of Love and Snow by Jennifer Laam

The unforgettable story of Alexander Pushkin’s beautiful wife, Natalya, a woman much admired at Court, and how she became reviled as the villain of St. Petersburg. At the beguiling age of sixteen, Natalya Goncharova is stunningly beautiful and intellectually curious. At her first public ball during the Christmas of 1828, she attracts the romantic attention […]

BOOK SPOTLIGHT! The Secret Daughter of the Tsar by JENNIFER LAAM

From THE TSARINA’S LEGACY by Jennifer Laam. Copyright © 2016 by the author and reprinted by permission of St. Martin’s Press, LLC. The sharp smell assaulted his senses immediately. Fortunately, Grisha Potemkin had been warned in advance. He tucked his scroll tighter underneath his arm and withdrew a lavender-scented handkerchief from his pocket. The tight breeches […]