Creating Hetar and its many characters has been a great challenge for me, but a wonderful and creative endeavor. From the City that is the very center of Hetar, Lara, the beautiful half-faerie daughter of John Swiftsword, ventures forth on a journey that will take her into the heart of darkness and the depths of desire, as she learns the true meaning of love that will last an eternity – a love that will change the destiny of Hetar forever. The orderly, elegant veneer of refined Hetar cannot prevent the rebellion brewing in the Outlands, a dangerous place of both magic and mystery. And yet all is not as perfect as it may seem. This is a place where pleasure is not censured but encouraged where the ends are justified by the means. Where the social classes know their place, but where anyone can, under the right conditions, advance to the highest pinnacle. A place that is both civilized and savage.
A land of Forest Lords, of Shadow Princes and Coastal Kings. Welcome, dear reader, to the world of Hetar. There, Lucianna steps out of the shadow of her quiet Florentine life, pursuing a love of which she never dreamed and rising in London society all the way to court of the new Tudor king. The Pietro d’Angelos cannot deny the spark of attraction between their daughter and the earl, so they scheme to send her to London. The Englishman is not only dashing and handsome - he’s a trusted courtier of Henry VII. Lucianna is content with comfortable widowhood - until Robert Minton, Earl of Lisle, visits her bookshop. When he passes away, she inherits his shop and, with it, a sizable fortune.
She has little choice but to accept the proposal of an aging bookseller - a not entirely disagreeable union in which Lucianna comforts the dear man in his final years.
In this sweeping new series of Renaissance Italy, Bertrice Small does it again with all the passion and historical splendor that has captured the imagination of her legion of fans….After her two elder sisters become the scandals of Florence, Lucianna Pietro d’Angelo is in the difficult position of finding a wealthy man who will have her for his wife.
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