The Longest Exile

<p class=ql-align-justify><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: hsl(var(--black-hsl))>Rome 8 CE. Julia eldest granddaughter of Augustus is four months pregnant and it should be cause for celebration. The only problem is that her husband was executed a year ago for treason. The math is simple and damning.</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: hsl(var(--black-hsl))>Julia is exiled to a remote Adriatic island as punishment for her indiscretion upending her privileged life. As she struggles to adjust to her new circumstances a suspicious accident kills her only confidante and she finds that trust is increasingly hard to come by-especially in a world where power is everything and where people will do anything to get it. Soon Julia is forced not only to question what else fate has in store but to fight for her illegitimate baby's survival.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: hsl(var(--black-hsl))>Julia's scheming mother and slightly insane younger brother are already political exiles but their newest plots pull her further into a deadly web of family betrayal and treason that threatens to taint Rome for generations to come. Further complicating matters is Titus the bastard son of a senator. As one of the guards tasked with ensuring that Julia never escapes her island prison she should resent him-but instead she finds herself increasingly drawn to him at great risk to both their lives.</span></p>