From the New York Times bestselling author of the Border Chronicles comes a novel of Florentine historical romanceâthe continuing saga of The Silk Merchantâs Daughters...
After her sisters become the scandals of Florence, Lucianna Pietro dâAngelo finds that the only wealthy man whoâll have her for his wife is an aging bookseller whom Lucianna comforts in his final years. When he passes away, she inherits his shopâand 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, heâs a trusted courtier of Henry VII.
Luciannaâs 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 possibleâone unfolding in the court of the new Tudor king.