"In ancient Rome treachery and betrayal make love a difficult prospect"

By: Carolyn Hart

Genres: Historical

Posted: October 26, 2014

Camilla was married at fifteen to a man she didn't love and lived the life of a dutiful and faithful wife for seven years. She watched as he behaved in unspeakable ways knowing that to ask her father for a divorce from him would embarrass the family and she would be locked away for the rest of her life.

Camilla was ok living quietly and away from her husband, being separate from him even when together. She spent most of her time living in the villa she loved. Until one day she saw a man diving from the cliff. Camilla then went out every day to watch him until one day due to shocking events she meets him and her life is never the same.

Now she must fight the feeling she has for him because she sees no way out of her marriage. As their love grows her husband becomes dangerous and she becomes a liability.

Marcus and Camilla have a beautiful and touching love story surrounded by danger, and old Roma intrigue. Reading about life back then and the backstabbing ways politics work, feels like reading about modern politics without showers and cars, its fascinating. The lifestyle and treatment of women is accurate in the historical ways we know occurred back then. Carolyn Hart is accurate and writes a wonderful story with CLIFF'S EDGE that keeps you guessing how it will end right up to the last page.

Book Summary

From bestselling author Carolyn Hart!

Married at fifteen to a man chosen by her father, Camilla has long since resigned herself to the role of dutiful and respectable wife. Hers is a loveless union, however; her husband, Decimus, has no interest in Camilla beyond the money, possessions, and social station she provides him. And then Camilla meets the good and gentle Marcus Julius Paulus and learns for the first time what it means to be cherished by a man.

Despite her feelings for Marcus, Camilla would rather give up her true love and lasting happiness than bring scandal on her family. But when she learns of ambitious Decimus’s despicable plan to gain favor with the emperor Caligula, Camilla knows she must free herself from her husband’s clutches.

Now she has become a liability and Decimus is determined to rid himself of the wife he has never loved without giving up either her money or family connections.

Cliff's Edge by Carolyn Hart

Cliff's Edge

by: Carolyn Hart

Oconee Spirit Press
August 1, 2014
On Sale: August 8, 2014
Featuring: Marcus Juilius Paulus; Decimus; Camilla
198 pages
ISBN: 0984010998
EAN: 9780984010998
Kindle: B00M1WS5RU
Paperback / e-Book

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