The Gladiator
Marianne LaCroixHistorical erotic romance
Available from New Concepts Publishing
August 2007
| Julia Williamson works at a museum where she translates ancient scrolls. Upon the completion of her latest scroll, she reads the verse and then immediately passes out. When Julia awakes it is in Ancient Rome, where she is on her way to visit a gladiator, which she has chosen to pleasure her. What she finds when she gets there is more than she could ever have dreamed.
Marcus is a gladiator. He is not entirely surprised to hear that someone has purchased him for a night of pleasure, but when the door opens and the woman he has dreamed of for years walks in, he knows his life will never be the same. Marcus has loved Julia for years now, even knowing their love can never be. She is the Cousin to Julius Caesar and he is but a gladiator, a slave who fights to survive. Can these two find love in a world that says their love is wrong? Marianne LaCroix has written a steamy hot story that truly has it all. From the first page, I was pulled into this one, the journey Julia took to find her soul mate was both exciting and heart wrenching. At times I wanted to laugh and at times I felt Julia and Marcus’ pain so keenly it was almost a physical pain. I would highly recommend this one. It is a sexy, extremely hot and at times a violent story which in the end shows that true love can even transcend the barriers of time.
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Reviewer: Sandra |
