First published 2013
Galatea awakens to consciousness as marble transforms into flesh. A goddess has granted life to the sculptor's creation, the most beautiful woman their Greek town has ever witnessed. Her husband expects complete submission. He wants obedience carved into her very being, humility flowing through her veins like blood. But Galatea feels desires stirring within her newly beating heart. She craves freedom, not the gilded cage of marriage to her creator. When she resists his control, he locks her away. Doctors and nurses watch her every move. Yet Galatea has discovered something her obsessive husband never anticipated. She has a daughter who needs protection. This knowledge burns inside her, stronger than marble, fiercer than any sculptor's chisel. She will shatter every chain he has forged, no matter the price she must pay.
Genres: literary-fiction, fantasy, adult-fiction, psychological-thriller, dark-fantasy, historical-fantasy
Vibes: dark, emotional, haunting, intense, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: creator-and-creation, maternal-instinct, psychological-manipulation, trapped-protagonist
Setting: Ancient Greece
Period: Ancient Greece
57 pages · Hardcover · Ecco
Content warnings: abuse, domestic-violence, emotional-abuse, gaslighting