Hope's Reward

Must the secrets we hide destroy our hope for a future? For a gladiator slave each time you step on the sand its kill or die. When Ursus decides to follow Jesus he must choose to die the next time hes ordered to fight...or run away. He runs taking again his childhood name Matti. But he isnt just trying to escape. Hes running to Thessalonica where he hopes to find other Christians like the woman who led him to faith.When Felicias new husband Falco almost kills her in a fit of rage her uncle wont help her end the marriage with his business partner. He will send her to her sister in Thessalonica but only if she tells no one she plans to divorce Falco and demand her dowry back before she gets there. When Matti interrupts a robbery too late to save Felicias money for traveling by sea he offers to bodyguard and escort her overland to their mutual destination.After Matti risks everything to save her from Falcos assassins Felicia fears taking the danger to her sisters family. When his Christian friends take them in she discovers the deepest desires of her heart. But will the secrets of Mattis past make a future together impossible?Dangerous times difficult friendships lives transformed by forgiveness and loveThe Light in the Empire series follows the interconnected lives of five Roman families during the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian. Each can be read stand-alone. The eleven novels of the series will take you around the Empire from Germania and Britannia to Thracia Dacia and Judaea and of course to Rome itself.