From the New York Times bestselling author of the Border Chronicles comes a┬аnovel of Florentine historical romanceтАФthe continuing saga of The Silk MerchantтАЩs Daughters...
After her sisters become the scandals of Florence, Lucianna Pietro dтАЩAngelo finds that the only wealthy man whoтАЩll have her for his wife is an aging bookseller whom Lucianna comforts in his final years. When he passes away, she inherits his shopтАФand 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, heтАЩs a trusted courtier of Henry VII.
LuciannaтАЩs 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 possibleтАФone unfolding in the court of the new Tudor king.