Originally published: Uhrichsville, OH : Heartsong Presents, 2002.

"The late 1500s and early 1600s may have been a time of elegant romance, artistic evolution, and one of the richest cultural landscapes ever, but in Italy, life, love, and even survival are anything but simple. Amidst class struggles, plague, duels, revolts and tyranny, the lives of four families intertwine....Costanza Biliverti faces fire, theft, revolt, and her own daughter's kidnapping but finds no comfort in the concept of marriage if it's not for love. But history proves God's will is steadfast and love can endure."--Cover p. [4].