Aphrodite's Blessing

The goddess Aphrodite was adored and feared by gods and mortals alike; none were immune to her power. Young lovers offered gifts and prayers to her the goddess of love and beauty in hopes of receiving her blessings..... Content as one of the best athletes in her fathers kingdom Atalanta rebels against attempts at an arranged marriage. What she doesnt know is that Aphrodite has given her blessing to a race that will change everything.. Then there is Andromeda whose beauty rivals that of any goddess. She is devastated by her fathers choice of a husband but Aphrodite has another plan for her too.. Finally nobody wants to marry the beautiful Psyche. A mysterious suitor is finally found but Aprhrodite decrees that Psyche must descend into Hades to earn his love.. In three love stories spun from Greek myths Clemence McLaren author of Inside the Walls of Troy and Waiting for Odysseus presents these new retellings -- with all their longing hope fear and love -- from the womans point of view.