Buried Hearts

<p><strong>A forbidden love. A city doomed by the gods. A story buried for two millennia.</strong></p><p></p><p>In the bustling sun-drenched city of Pompeii in Ancient Rome 79 A.D. Nikos and Lucio share a life built on stolen moments and secret vows whilst performing their daily chores. Their love is a fragile passionate fire burning brightly in the shadow of their servitude and the ever watchful eyes of their masters the Valerii family.</p><p>As the family scrambles to arrange a politically crucial wedding Nikos and Lucio cling to a shared dream: escaping to Rome to build a life together but the gods as often happens have other plans.</p><p></p><p><strong>The earth is restless.</strong></p><p></p><p>Subtle tremors shake the city hot foul-smelling water pours from the public fountains and the slumbering <strong>Vesuvius</strong> begins to stir. As ash rains down and panic grips Pompeii the Valerii family flees leaving Nikos and Lucio behind to guard a house that is rapidly becoming a tomb rather than a house they have always known.</p><p></p><p>Trapped by duty and destiny they must either flee or confront the fury of the gods and the crumbling world around them.</p><p></p><p><em>Buried Hearts</em> is a powerful LGBTQ Historical Fiction novel that immerses readers in the final tragic days of Pompeii celebrating a <strong>Gay Fiction</strong> love story powerful enough to defy an empire and survive the apocalypse.</p>