The Lion and the Lark — Doreen Owens Malek

The year is 44 B.C. Julius Caesar is dead. And as rebellion divides Italy and Britain, a Roman centurion and a Celtic princess forge a bond no woman or man can rend asunder...

To ensure peace between her tribe and their savage conquerors, the exquisite Bronwen has been promised in wedlock to a high-born Roman tribune. But the British beauty is also a secret spy ready to risk her life to free her people.

Dispatched to Britain by Mark Antony, Claudius is irresistibly drawn to the flaxen-haired, cobalt-eyed Bronwen. Yet he knows he dare not trust the woman who is bound to him by law --- not love.

Award-winning author Doreen Owens Malek recreates the splendor and sweeping panorama of the ancient Roman Empire in this magnificent love story . . . a breathtaking tale of a long-ago time and a woman who loses her heart to a man she must condemn --- or turn traitor to save.