Secret Splendor

by Anne Powers

Banished with her father from Imperial Rome, Fausta grew up as wild as a sea nymph on the wind-swept Adriatic coast. She was barely sixteen with handsome young Julian arrived at her country villa to claim her has the bride of his brother Constantine, the all-too-powerful Emperor. Though she and Julian fell immediately, desperate in love, Fausta's fate was sealed - there was no turning back.

Fausta's rustic upbringing left her totally unprepared for the intrigue and corruption of the Imperial Court. But as Empress she was forced to learn quickly and feign love for her unscrupulous husband, to protect her children, and above all, to conceal her forbidden passion for Julian that would forever enflame and torment them both...

Genres: Romance

376 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

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