“Doubtless Princess Juliana intended for me to overhear her comment on seeing Theodora in wedding regalia. “She’s like wisteria: beautiful in a vulgarly decorative way, cloyingly scented and an unstoppable climber.” Her eyes met mine and she made a motion as if scribbling in the air, daring me to write down her words.” HeartConflictDeterminationHistoricalAncientDisputesHistorical RomanceEmperorPower StruggleBurlesque Book:The Eagle and the Swan Source: The Eagle and the Swan
“Truth-telling is a delicate dance between exposure and imposture, a dance whose steps I’m beginning to learn. When Theodora found me in the scriptorium, I was twenty-one. Still young, but I’d seen enough to feel old.” TruthSocietyDaughterCircusHistorical RomanceEmpireCulturalAncient WorldConstantinopleMilitary Officer Book:The Eagle and the Swan Source: The Eagle and the Swan