The Senators Daughter

Rome ±320AD finds Cyriaca, the niece of Emperor Constantine, falling in love with a Joshua, a gladiator. She is sent to the country house for a respite. Meanwhile, the Germanic tribes are showing their force, raiding of the outlying villages and causing havoc. Tension rises even higher as Ascanius, an older member of the council, and to whom Cyriaca is betrothed, is found a traitor. As soon as Joshua’s freedom is bought, he immediately takes on a mission to follow Cyriaca. But they are not to have a happy ending. The country house is raised to the ground and Cyriaca and Joshua manage an escape, only be captured and traded into slavery. Inevitably, they are separated. Pregnant and alone, Cyriaca travels to her captor’s village, encountering numerous obstacles, language, culture, Roman class distinction and religion. Follow her as she comes full circle to Rome with Gothic friend and family as author Jessie Sutherland weaves a breathtaking saga of romance and adventure in The Senators Daughter: Rome ±320AD