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Seven Tears for Apollo

Phyllis A. Whitney

320 pagesgothic romance
(976)Mild

A grieving woman flees to Rhodes only to find cryptic warnings — and questions about her own sanity.

Character Archetypes
Microtropes
Representation
M/F
Content Warnings
grief

Description

Distraught over tragic recent events in her life, Dorcas Brandt travels to Greece in search of peace. But in Rhodes, Dorcas discovers a mysterious warning scrawled on her mirror--a warning that disappears before she can show it to anyone. Dorcas begins to wonder is she's losing her mind. Reissue.

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