On Tuesday, Bonnie’s brothers arrived. “We’re twins,” said Charlie. “But I’m bigger,” said Harry. “No, you’re not,” said Charlie. He punched Harry. Harry whacked Charlie back. “Don’t hit,” Alex told them. They both stuck the...
Everyone in the Celtic Catuvellauni village assumed Ness would marry the man she had loved since age fifteen. Their eventual matrimony seemed preordained. His inscrutable rejection of Ness sends shock through the entire community. Heartbroken but ...
Cara of Camulodunum dreams of traveling the world, but as the daughter of a blacksmith, the height of her exploration is the plebian carpenter’s shop of her intended. Then she meets the patrician’s son, Eric Paterculi, who regales Cara with ta...
Daughter of an elite patrician father and a Celtic woman, Gwen Paterculi chafes against the restrictions of Roman society. Her family thinks Caius Marcellus is a smuggler with the ruthless empire-wide smuggling ring, the Viri, as well as a violent le...
Born a slave, forced into ill-repute, Libya's one meaning in life is her young son, the child of a nobleman, Victor Ocelli. Then, one night, her master moves to sell the boy. A stranger rescues the boy by buying her and her child. Moved by her tears,...
Jenny Thompson takes great pleasure in her job as secretary to the sheriff. He consults her on cases, and, contrary to what the sheriff things, Jenny's convinced she single-handedly protects the town. Then, college-educated lawman Cal Westwood arrive...