Bridgette Cassese Black Dove

Bridgette Cassese, in her late thirties currently resides in Sennen in Cornwall. She studied Social Anthropology and Psychology, at Sussex and London Universities and enjoys Jungian analytical, Rogerian and humanistic psychology, from which she has taken many of her themes. She is a contributor to the magazine Dark Nights. She has taught psychology at Norwich city college and as a private tutor.

Black Dove

Black Dove is a collection of four novellas that focus on mystery, intrigue and romance. They follow the adventures of several women who, in searching for their muse, take a different, more spiritual direction. They are artists, writers and poets—talented creative women who are seeking intellectual enlightenment. Along the way, they encounter mysterious situations and enigmatic characters who throw their world into turmoil and change the course of their destiny.

Their philosophy stems from the romantic artists, the Pre-Raphaelites – the pursuit of truth and beauty – but they find themselves meeting darker elements, facing personal dilemmas and venturing into exciting mysteries. They believe in a dream and know that sometimes it has to be struggled for, and that some people may disrupt their search, while others enhance their journey. The stories unfold as the characters make significant revelations, bringing them closer to their idyll.

The stories are set in a number of locations that match the atmosphere of the tales: a haunted inn in Cornwall, on a houseboat on the canal at Little Venice, at a castle in southernwest Ireland, on Glastonbury Tor. They include romantic visual imagery combined with contemporary, artistic and mind-bodyspirit themes, and are interlaced with psychological suspense, the occult and the paranormal.

The stories evolve as the women embark on a journey of personal and spiritual growth, on a path towards realising their dream.

Title		Black Dove
Description		A collection of stories: Black Dove, The River Tale, Castle of Dreams, Dark Goddess
ISBN		978-0-9550399-0-4
Price		£10.99
Publisher		Grey Raven, CORNWALL
Publication Date		March 29th 2007
Category		Fiction anthology, modern fiction: FBC, FND, VXSL
Specifications		Paperback, sewn, 536 pages 234 x156mm
Who Will Buy This Book		General fiction readers, those with an interest in mind-body-spirit & philosophy

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