Elegant, secretive Sabina may be Empress of Rome, but she still stands poised on a knifeβs edge. She must keep the peace between two deadly enemies: her husband Hadrian, Romeβs brilliant and sinister Emperor; and battered warrior Vix, who is her first love. But Sabina is guardian of a deadly secret: Vixβs beautiful son Antinous has become the Emperorβs latest obsession.
Empress and Emperor, father and son will spin in a deadly dance of passion, betrayal, conspiracy, and war. As tragedy sends Hadrian spiraling into madness, Vix and Sabina form a last desperate pact to save the Empire. But ultimately, the fate of Rome lies with an untried girl, a spirited redhead who may just be the next Lady of the Eternal City . . .
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