Jessica of Russ: Society of Poets

Jessica Svetlana Gilkova discovers that pseudonyms are passports to the world, poetry becomes the song of dissidents, and fashion is the language of freedom when the true self is denied. Drawn into the underworld of the Society of Poets by poet Alexsei, she becomes suspicious of his carefree life. She finds mysterious missions of dissidents caught in Cold War Russia threaten her haute couture boutique in Leningrad, that repression forces people and relationships to hide behind personas and facades. Meanwhile Viktor champions Jessica, a woman entrepreneur, while one of his stated desires is to obtain a fiery opal pendant formerly owned by the nobility. Overcoming denial and intrigue, she discovers he is a man with a mission

• | Author: Jan Elpel
• | Publisher: Silver Sage Studio & Press, Llc
• | Publication Date: Apr 01, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 308 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1892784491
• | ISBN-13: 9781892784490