When I visited Soriano last Christmas, I fell in love with the medieval city and its people and knew I’d have to write a novel based there.
Each fall, the residents hold a Renaissance fair to celebrate a fifteenth century battle. It was won in part, by the early warning of an old woman.
As I walked the cobblestone streets and stared up at the castle, I paused to wonder at it all.
What if it wasn’t an old woman that sounded the alarm? What if it was a young woman in disguise? What if she was in love with someone in the castle? Would she risk everything to save him?
Researching the battle and the times, I was thrust into a world where couples like Romeo and Juliet lived and breathed. It was a time when marriage joined powerful families and love had no say. It’s easy to imagine a tragic couple like Romeo and Juliet.
In such a place and time, how could I help Bernardo and Aurelia, a young couple from opposing families, find their happily ever after?
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