In 15th-century Florence, a young woman named Alessandra welcomes an arranged marriage to a cultured man over 30 years her senior because he promises her the freedom to pursue her painting. But the deal is not quite what she imagined....

The rich tapestry of Renaissance-era Venice serves as the backdrop for this historical novel by the author of THE BIRTH OF VENUS. After the rapacious army of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V invades Rome in 1527, the courtesan Fiammetta B...

Chaperoning a rebellious teenager around London as part of what seems to be a boring but well-paying job, Hannah is unaware of the death threats her charge's research scientist father has been receiving, until violence erupts among an...

Elizabeth is a modern woman. Smart. Independent. As sexual as she wants to be–with whomever she wants to be. But a breakup with her academic boyfriend has hit her harder than she cares to admit. And while her latest gig, transla...

Anna Franklin, a journalist, goes off on vacation. When she doesn't return, the people who love her wait, trying to imagine a solution to the mystery of her disappearance. As they devise their tortured hypotheses, the reader learns mo...