Publisher: Hillwalker Publishing
Publication
Date: December 5, 2015
eBook
& Paperback: 440 Pages
Genre: Historical Fiction\Romance
Genre: Historical Fiction\Romance
Marriage
matches for the Venetian nobility were not preordained by God in heaven. They
were skillfully negotiated by fathers looking to enhance their own prestige and
wealth. A young lady could overlook petty shortcomings in her future husband,
if he were rich, held a title, and was easy on the eyes.
The
young Baron Mauro Baric was such desirable yet flawed match. Mauro was the last
of the House of Baric, and he required a wife to provide him with sons. Resi
Kokkinos was not interested in marrying an aristocrat any more than Mauro
wanted a common, Ottoman Greek girl as his bride. Betrothed as children to
repay Resi’s father’s debt to the Barics, they had no choice in their paired
future.
Resi
made the best of her sequestered adolescence in Thessaloniki while she waited
to be summoned to the Venetian colony of Croatia to marry. Since her fate had
already been decided, Resi’s mother allowed her to be tutored with her
brothers. She did not need to learn the skills her friends focused on to entice
a desirable husband, so she used her freedom to read every book she could find.
Mauro’s
bachelor years of soldiering gave way to burdensome responsibilities as a baron
and a new husband. Personal and political conflicts added more challenges to
the couple’s awkward first year of marriage. Dear friends and unexpected
visitors would bring their own troubles to the House of Baric. Through it all,
Mauro could no longer deny that his complicated and unpredictable wife might be
his perfect match after all.
Set
in the summer of 1649, you are a fly-on-the-wall into their intriguing and
adventurous world. Love, war, hating, and mating were perhaps not so different
back in the seventeenth century. These memorable characters only wanted to
steer their own destinies in search of happiness, and you will find yourself
rooting for them to succeed in their quest.
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Publisher:
Hillwalker Publishing
Publication
Date: March 16, 2016
eBook
& Paperback; 526 Pages
Genre:
Historical Fiction\Romance
Book two of this fast-paced tale of
aristocratic life in the 17th century Venetian Empire begins where book one
left off: the mercenaries arrive to visit Resi and her new husband, Baron Mauro
Baric.
Part One: Shields Down introduced you to the
colorful characters of the House of Baric, their loyal bonds of friendship,
willing romances, arranged marriages, political conflicts, and suspicious
deaths. Mauro’s family secrets and buried pain can no longer be ignored.
In Part Two: A Brother’s Defense, he must
face his demons. But first, his new brother-in-law stirs up trouble, while the
elegant Venetian guests fill their idle time at the Baric castle with new
romantic pursuits.
Set in the summer of 1649, this gripping
rendition of the saga of love, revenge, and redemption do not disappoint.
Questions will be answered, and more will come to light, as this engaging
trilogy speeds along. Swords will be drawn. The House of Baric must be
protected. But from whom?
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