Alysia of Athens, pampered daughter of a wealthy physician, is taken from her home and sold into slavery when her father is accused of treason during the turbulent reign of Tiberius Caesar. She is purchased by Paulus Maximus, a powerful Roman legate who pierces through her determination to hate her captors. When trouble caused by his jealous stepbrother forces her to run away, she finds herself in the battle-torn land of Palestine, where she meets a man named Jesus who will change her life forever…But in her flight from the intrigues of Rome to the palaces of Jerusalem, Alysia discovers she cannot escape her enemies, neither the one who stole her heart, nor the one who wants to destroy her.
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