Ariadne Unraveled: A Mythic Retelling: 9798515884208

Ariadne is willing to do anything for her people.

Commanded to sacrifice any husband she takes to her goddess, the Priestess of Artemis respects the power and duty she’st been entrusted with.

But when a man claiming to be the son of Zeus gives her illicit pleasure unlike any she’s ever known, she begins to imagine a different future.Dionysus wasn’t planning to fall in love.

Venturing to Crete to seduce the leader of Artemis’ temple in revenge for denying his divinity, the new god of wine is enraptured by the strong-willed young mortal and uses trickery to win her as his bride.But his defiance quickly turns to despair when the furious goddess orders him to leave for three years, lest she kill his wife in childbirth.With no memories of her marriage, Ariadne struggles with her mistress’ decree to help Athenian tributes escape the Minotaur’s labyrinth despite the danger to her own family.And even as Dionysus spreads his cult of winemaking and bacchanalia as far as India, he longs to return to his beloved.Will this separated pair succumb to immortal plans, or can they find the joy they desperately seek?With a deft pen and a modern sensibility, Zenobia Neil reimagines a classical myth for a contemporary audience.

Sensual and sweeping, this boldly feminist retelling of the story of Ariadne and Dionysus will leave readers breathless and enchanted.