The release date for the English version of 'The Muse' by
Jessie Burton is Jul 2016. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
A picture may convey a thousand words.
Odelle Bastien climbs the stone stairs of the Skelton gallery in London on a steamy July day in 1967, knowing that her life is about to alter irrevocably. She came from Trinidad five years ago and has struggled to fit in. Now, she has been given a position as a typewriter, where she will be trained by the gorgeous and mysterious Marjorie Quick. Even after gaining Odelle's trust and helping her realise her untapped potential, Quick is still mysterious—no more so than when a long-lost work of art with a dark past is brought to the museum.
The painting's true story takes place in 1936 at a big country Spanish home where Olive Schloss, a famous art dealer's daughter, is harbouring personal goals. Artist and rebel Isaac Robles, together with his half-sister Teresa, enter this precarious paradise and quickly become part of the Schloss family, causing explosive and disastrous effects...