Karen Essex

Kleopatra

1 - Kleopatra (Aug-2001)
2 - Pharaoh (Aug-2002)

The Private Diary of Mina Harker

Dracula in Love (Aug-2010)
In Dracula's Bed (Aug-2010)

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  Kleopatra
  

  • Aug-2001
  • / General Fiction

  Kleopatra - 1
  

  High drama and ancient history combine in this novel of the early life of Egypt's infamous queen, at once a beautiful seductress, brilliant politician, and the most powerful ruler of her time.Even as a child, Kleopatra demonstrates the charisma a...

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  Pharaoh
  

  • Aug-2002
  • / General Fiction

  Kleopatra - 2
  

  Following on from 'Kleopatra', the glittering epic of Egypt's queen continues as she allies herself with Anthony and begins a love story that immortalizes her as one of history's greatest political players and most tragic heroines....

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  Leonardo's Swans
  

  • Jan-2006
  • / Historical Romance

  Isabelle d’Este, daughter of the Duke of Ferrara, born into privilege and the political and artistic turbulence of Renaissance Italy, is a stunning black-eyed blond and an art lover and collector. Worldly and ambitious, she has never envied her les...

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  Stealing Athena
  

  • Jun-2008
  • / Historical

  The author of the bestselling Leonardo's Swans traverses the centuries into the hearts of two extraordinary women to reveal the passions, ambitions, and controversies surrounding the Elgin Marbles. The Elgin Marbles have been displayed in the Brit...

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  Dracula in Love
  

  • Aug-2010
  • / Horror

  The Private Diary of Mina Harker
  

  London, 1890. Mina Murray Harker, the rosy-cheeked, quintessentially pure Victorian heroine, becomes Count Dracula's object of desire. To preserve her chastity, five male "defenders" rush in to rescue her from the vampire's evil clutches. This is the...

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  In Dracula's Bed
  

  • Aug-2010
  • / Horror

  The Private Diary of Mina Harker
  

  In this wonderfully transporting novel, award-winning author Karen Essex turns a timeless classic inside out, spinning a haunting, erotic, and suspenseful story of eternal love and possession. From the shadowy banks of the river Thames to the wild...

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  Run, Darling
  

  • Jun-2025
  • / Historical

  Three Sisters. One War. A Harrowing Escape. Before the Sexual Revolution, reality TV, and social media, there lived the Gabors, a family of beguiling glamour icons with a global following.For decades, the gorgeous trio of Zsa Zsa, Eva, and Magda, wit...

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