Sultana: Two Sisters: A Novel of Moorish Spain

Book #3 of the Sultana series In fourteenth-century Spain former friends vie for a mans heart and the future of his kingdom. Both women are captives sold into the harem of Sultan Yusuf I of Moorish Granada. A young girl with a hidden heritage Esperanza Peralta forges a new identity as Butayna and becomes the mother of Yusufs firstborn son.The Jewess Miriam Alubel takes the name Maryam and also bears Yusufs children including two sons. The clash between former friends is inevitable as each finds diverging paths in a dizzying rise to power beside their husband. Both remain aware of the struggle ahead for only one heir may inherit Yusufs throne and only one woman can claim the revered title Mother of the Sultan.