Added by 3 members
Ensnaring the Dove
(2023)(The second book in the On the Empire's Edge series)
A novel by Jayne Castel
He’s her protector. But will he end up her ruin? A Roman noblewoman, a Brigante warrior, and forbidden love across cultures in Ancient Britain.
Colombia Juventus is promised to a Roman officer posted upon Hadrian’s Wall. Determined to be with her betrothed, she sets off across the seas to Britannia to join him. But when Brigante rebels attack the supply convoy she’s traveling in, Colombia’s privileged, sheltered life shatters.
Aedan is a Brigante chieftain’s son, yet his fate has always been entwined with the Romans. He fought them, lost, and was taken a slave. He then gained his freedom only to discover he no longer belonged in his old life. Now he’s part of a band of outlaws that preys on travelers to the northern frontier.
But when an attack on a Roman convoy turns savage, and Aedan steps into stop a noblewoman from being raped, his destiny is again tied to those he once served.
Colombia finds herself on the run with a man who will change her life forever.
Set in 2nd Century AD, during the Roman occupation of what is now Britain and Scotland, ENSNARING THE DOVE is a powerful, steamy standalone romance about finding true love in the unlikeliest of places.
(Content and trigger warnings: this story contains steamy scenes, violence, and coarse language, it also contains an attempted rape.)
Genre: Historical Romance
Visitors also looked at these books
Used availability for Jayne Castel's Ensnaring the Dove