Pompeii

<h4><span>A city on the brink of disaster. A slave girl with a deadly secret.</span></h4><p><strong>Disguised as a young man </strong>Ariella escapes life as a Jewish slave in Rome only to be sold into a traveling gladiator troupe.</p><p><strong>Waiting for her moment to gain fame and then freedom </strong>she keeps her identity secret.</p><p><strong>But when she arrives to fight in Pompeii </strong>a Roman politician-turned-winemaker shows too much curiosity and Ariella must harden her heart against Cato's interest.</p><p><strong>And then there's Jeremiah </strong>the aged barracks slave who whispers of a new sect of Jews called Christians who offer a different way of life.</p><p><strong>All the while Vesuvius looms over the city </strong>churning with deadly intent.</p><p><strong>It's getting harder to protect her heart.</strong></p><p><strong>Corrupt politics and religious persecution </strong>throw Cato and Ariella together but time is running out.</p><p><strong>Pompeii will soon be lost to the world </strong>under an onslaught of fiery ash.</p><p><strong>Can the two bridge their differences to save the lives of those they love?</strong></p>