false 73033 11 In ancient Rome, the career path for ambitious citizens who aspire to become senators is called "The Course of Honor." And this honorable course has an unbreakable rule: A senator is forbidden to marry a slave. When the soldier Vespasian meets an interesting girl frying sausages in the imperial palace, he doesn't know that Caenis is immensely intelligent, or that she holds a position in the household of Antonia, daughter of Mark Anthony and sister-in-law of the Emperor. But soon he's in love, struggling against a world that rejects his lover. And as emperor after emperor plays out deadly, seductive games of lust and conquest, no one envisions that a country-born army man might win the throne-no one except a slave girl who observes the bizarre fortunes of an imperial city and begins a daring course of honor of her own. 70689 book 1997 The Course of Honor total:155|5:8|4:1|3:2|2:1|1:0| 155 638 223 17 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 21:52:25 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 13:23:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 17:35:38 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 08:19:37 -0800 2008 1 not a romance novel. That's really important to know, because if you're looking for a romance novel (it is, for some reason that totally escapes me, labeled as "romantic suspense") this is not the book for you.

It is however, a very good and enjoyable novel about love.
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I've read the Marcus Didius Falco mysteries by Lindsey Davis. This one is a stand alone. If you have any interest at all in ancient Rome, I think you...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Apr 16 23:31:07 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 23:31:07 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jun 03 12:28:01 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 12:29:21 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sat Aug 15 03:37:18 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 03:38:39 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 23 13:52:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 13:52:43 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Aug 10 09:24:31 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 09:29:44 -0700 2008
This title has all of that but takes it all a step higher because it is based on an isolated fact.
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