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Ophelia's Muse by Rita Cameron: A Book Review

Ophelia’s Muse Author: Rita Cameron Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Kensington Release Date: 2015 Pages: 416 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: "I'll never want to draw anyone else but you. You are my muse. Without you there is no art in me."       With her pale, luminous skin and cloud of copper-colored hair, nineteen-year-old Lizzie Siddal looks nothing like the rosy-cheeked ideal of Victorian beauty. Working in a London milliner's shop, Lizzie stitches elegant bonnets destined for wealthier young women, until a chance meeting brings her to the attention of painter and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Enchanted both by her ethereal appearance and her artistic ambitions--quite out of place for a shop girl--Rossetti draws her into his glittering world of salons and bohemian soirees.       Lizzie begins to sit for some of the most celebrated members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, posing for John ...