Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome #1) by Kate Quinn

PASSION. TREACHERY. MURDER...

Orphaned by Rome's savage legions, Thea, a slave girl from Judaea, has learned what it takes to survive. She knows only violence until a chance meeting with gladiator Arius offers a shred of tenderness. But their bond is severed when Thea is sold again, condemned to rot in squalor.

Years later, a singer known as Athena betrays no hint of her troubled past. Catching the eye of the Emperor himself, she is swept into a world of decadence and depravity. But although Domitian fears betrayal from every side, he is unaware that the greatest threat lives next to him - a slave girl who has come to be called the Mistress of Rome...

THE BREATHTAKING EPIC UNVEILS A DAZZLING EMPIRE RIDDLED WITH SECRETS, DROWNING IN BLOOD.

Genres: Historical Fiction - Romance - Italy - Historical Romance - Ancient History - Ancient - American Author