From the New York Times bestselling author of the Border Chronicles
comes a novel of Florentine historical romance--the continuing saga of
The Silk Merchant's Daughters...
After her sisters become the scandals of Florence, Lucianna Pietro
d'Angelo finds that the only wealthy man who'll have her for his wife is
an aging bookseller whom Lucianna comforts in his final years. When he
passes away, she inherits his shop--and a sizable fortune affording
Lucianna comfort in widowhood. Then Robert Minton, Earl of Lisle, visits
her bookshop. The Englishman is not only dashing and handsome, he's a
trusted courtier of Henry VII.
Lucianna's parents cannot deny the spark of attraction between their
daughter and the earl, so they scheme to send her to London. There,
Lucianna steps out of the shadow of her quiet Florentine life, pursuing
a love she never dreamed possible--one unfolding in the court of the new
Tudor king.