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  • Bunburying Time featured image: a young woman tries to read, surrounded by radios and children, with a drill pointed at her ear; literary review site Really, George?
    Bunburying: Time. Read in peace
  • Bunburying Wood featured image: a young woman read in a wood, however a ghost is waiting behind a tree; literary review site Really, George?
    Bunburying: Wood. Read in peace
  • Bunburying Tub featured image: a young woman read in a tub and adjusts the tap with their toes; literary review site Really, George?
    Bunburying: Tub. Read in peace
  • Bunburying Shower featured image: a young woman in a 1920s slip holds a book high above the shower spray; literary review site Really, George?
    Bunburying: Shower. Read in peace
  • Woman in a 1920s dress reading a book in a vintage car, burgundy linocut illustration for car bunburying
    Car Bunburying: How to Read in Your Car, Winter and Summer
  • Thriller readers featured image: a woman in a leather jacket and an older woman in a witch’s hat on either side of a crosshair with a man’s silhouette; literary review site Really, George?
    Thriller Readers Are Senior Women. Strong Legs Won’t Cut It
  • Romance readers featured image: silhouette of a woman typing on a typewriter with hearts flying off the page; literary review site Really, George?
    Romance Readers: Two Types of Readers, Two Types of Heroines
Novels by Òphiere
Editorial sheet banner for Grazzini Grieco Silver Moon romance novel featuring the book cover of Il segreto della Luna D’Argento on a dark blue background with a "Rights Available" badge.
Camp Momentary: Candace Camp covers, A Momentary Marriage and Un pragmatico gentiluomo.
Allen - Cinderella: English cover of a bride in a white gown and veil embraced by a groom in a dark tailcoat in a stone hall, beside the Italian edition; Really, George? Lyanne Quay banner below
Guhrke - Wicked Ways: English cover of a couple in a close embrace, her dark blue gown against his bare chest, beside the Italian edition Le malizie di un duca; Really, George? Lyanne Quay banner below.
King - It: the world cover with Pennywise’s wide clown grin, a smile a little too close to Batman’s Joker.
Martin Ice — boxed set of the five Bantam spines: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, A Dance with Dragons
Dicker Quebert — English cover a blue polaroid collage, seagulls, a car, a blonde girl; Italian cover a girl in the road beside a dark car under trees
Real Italy by ghostwriter Monica Montanari: cover of Tonino Limitone, Le sette vite di un mito – from tobacco fields to oil platforms
Scott Unbuttoning — couple at a window, she in a blue wrap over a cream gown, eyes closed, he behind her in an open shirt; English and Italian covers side by side
Long Scandal — couple in a gold bedroom, she in a red off-shoulder gown eyes closed against his chest, he in an open white shirt; English and Italian covers side by side
Lorret It Had to Be — blonde heroine in a bright pink backless gown by a river, the hero shirtless behind her; English and Italian covers side by side
Editorial sheet graphic for Roberta Ciuffi’s Italian historical romance La donna di pietra (The Stone Woman): book cover with woman in period dress, “Rights Available · Not Yet in English” badge, and Monica Montanari credit.
Beaton Quiche — yellow English cover, thatched cottage and a twist of smoke; Italian cover a black plate, a knife and mushrooms on check cloth
Milan Duchess War — heroine in a red off-shoulder gown, back turned, flowers in her hair; Italian cover a couple in a close embrace
Heath Devil — English cover a woman in a purple off-shoulder gown on a violet ground; Italian cover the heroine from behind in a pale lace dress, arms raised
Cornick, Wager: painted Regency bedroom with green drapes beside a masked woman on the cover of L'isola delle verità
London, Tempting Laird: shirtless Highlander in a red tartan kilt beside a black-and-white couple on the cover of I segreti del duca
Enoch, Something: woman in a peach dress lifting her hem beside an embracing couple on the cover of Qualcosa di proibito
Real Italy by ghostwriter Monica Montanari: cover of Ucciso sulla Riva del Po by Valeria Mantovani, an Italian true-crime memoir. A motorcyclist in a helmet leans into a wet road under a teal twilight sky.
Martin Snowy, couple forehead to forehead in a green dress and brown coat beside a snowy pair with a dog on the cover of Innocente seduzione
Goutet, Fall: woman seen from behind in a teal laced gown beside the same pose on the cover of Disgrazia e redenzione
Reid, Wicked: couple in a magenta gown and brown coat beside a moonlit pair on the cover of Il marchese perfetto
MacLean Rogue, blonde in a coral ballgown on red stairs beside a kissing couple on the cover of Un irresistibile furfante
Dunmore Portrait, illustrated woman at a camera beside a man by ruins, and a woman with a fan on the cover of Il ritratto della seduzione
Balogh Honor — English cover woman in bonnet under willow tree by a pond, title Someone to Honor; Italian cover black-and-white man and woman facing each other in a garden, title Qualcuno da onorare
Balogh, Irresistible covers: the English edition of Irresistible, Book Three of the Horsemen Trilogy, next to the Italian edition, Un uomo irresistibile.
Anders Cocky Baron, illustrated couple on a night bench beside an embracing pair on the cover of Il barone arrogante
Balogh At Last, woman in a purple gown at a man's coat beside a white rose on the cover of Infine, l'amore
Real Italy · Cover of "Il Predatore Cieco: Una storia criminale del Tiburtino" by Luca Eusepi (Ophiere), an Italian memoir. Black-and-white portrait of the bearded author in profile, with notes by ghostwriter Monica Montanari.
Le Guin Earthsea — English cover red dragon coiling over stormy sea with small boat, title The Books of Earthsea, The Complete Illustrated Edition, illustrated by Charles Vess; Italian cover pale ghost-dragon on white background, title La Saga di Terramare
Lehane Live by Night — English cover film tie-in, man in fedora lit by sunset gradient, title Live by Night, The American Dream Has a Price; Italian cover black-and-white noir couple on a staircase, title La legge della notte
Deaver Empty Chair — English cover yellow sunset marsh with wooden cabin, title The Empty Chair, The Global Bestseller; Italian BUR cover sketched skull on aged paper, title La sedia vuota
Kelly, Calpurnia covers: the yellow Newbery Honor edition of The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly, next to the Italian edition, L'evoluzione di Calpurnia.
Custerlina Empire Shadow – Editorial sheet badge with book cover of All’ombra dell’Impero, Rights Available, Not yet in English

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Really, George? is the literary magazine of Ophiere. Lyanne Quay, Ophelia Keen and Ashley Andrews are pen names of Monica Montanari. Lyanne Quay, Ophelia Keen e Ashley Andrews sono i pen-name di Monica Montanari.

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