Melissa Addey
Beneath the Waves (The Colosseum)
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Rome, 80 AD. Recently freed slave, Althea, works as a scribe for Marcus. As manager of the Colosseum, Marcus has been charged with creating ...Read Review
From the Ashes
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In 79 AD Pompeii, a slave and scribe, Althea, is offered to Marcus, a former soldier, and operator of the amphitheater. Althea’s master ...Read Review
Do Not Awaken Love (The Moroccan Empire)
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In 1068 Galicia, the 32-year-old Sister Juliana (birth name Isabella) travels from the Convent of the Sacred Way to Santiago de Compostela to collect ...Read Review
The Garden of Perfect Brightness (The Forbidden City)
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China, 1720s. Niuhuru never expected to be chosen. Thus, when her name is called to become a minor prince’s concubine, Niuhuru has ...Read Review
A String of Silver Beads (The Moorish Empire)
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Northwest Africa, 1067. Seventeen-year-old Kella, a Tuareg girl, is entering camel races—forbidden to women—and winning! Dressed in traditional blue robes, she masquerades ...Read Review
The Cup (The Moorish Empire)
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Hela, a perceptive girl trained to be a healer in the 11th-century North African city of Kairouan, is given a red wooden cup ...Read Review
The Fragrant Concubine
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“The Emperor conquers a Muslim country to the west of his empire and summons a local woman from his new dominion to come ...Read Review
