Love & Other Monsters Book Event

High Tea & Author Event Join us for this special ticketed event at our Beverly location. Sunday, October 4, 2026 11:30am-1:30pm Jolie Tea Company 192 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA From the Bestselling Author of THE LIONESS OF BOSTON comes Love & Other Monsters - a story of love, lust, art, and betrayal set in the scandalous summer of 1816 when 18-year-old Claire Clairmont--Mary Shelley's stepsister and Lord Byron's lover-- changed the course of literature forever... and then was erased. Emily Franklin once again brings a woman and her world vividly to life. Ticket includes: High Tea, book presentation by Emily, copy of the novel, Love & Other Monsters. Champagne & Wine available for purchase, extra books will also be available for purchase from Emily. Emily Franklin is the bestselling author of more than twenty books. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Kenyon Review, and The Journal of the American Medical Association among many other places as well as featured and read aloud on National Public Radio, and named notable by the Association of Jewish Libraries. Her novel The Lioness of Boston, based on the life of trailblazer Isabella Stewart Gardner is in its seventh printing. She lives outside of Boston with her family including four children and two dogs large enough to be lions. Please note all tickets are final sale. Limited capacity.