Lucianna (The Silk Merchant's Daughters Book 3) (English Edition)

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Border Chronicles comes a novel of Florentine historical romancethe continuing saga of The Silk Merchants Daughters... After her sisters become the scandals of Florence, Lucianna Pietro dAngelo finds that the only wealthy man wholl have her for his wife is an aging bookseller whom Lucianna comforts in his final years. When he passes away, she inherits his shopand a sizable fortune affording Lucianna comfort in widowhood. Then Robert Minton, Earl of Lisle, visits her bookshop. The Englishman is not only dashing and handsome, hes a trusted courtier of Henry VII. Luciannas parents cannot deny the spark of attraction between their daughter and the earl, so they scheme to send her to London. There, Lucianna steps out of the shadow of her quiet Florentine life, pursuing a love she never dreamed possibleone unfolding in the court of the new Tudor king.