{"product_id":"2940153084282","title":"Caerwin \u0026 Marcellus","description":"\u003cp\u003eCaerwin has lost her family, her home, and her freedom. Her one last hope? Escape. Across the River Severn and into the western hills, she finds familiar language, the sounds of a village stirring in the morning, dogs barking, the smell of lamb stew. While it lasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter two short months, he finds her again. Marcellus, the man who wants her heart. He and the Roman army march forward with swords flashing, butchering her countrymen and her only surviving friend Seisyll. Once again, she finds herself at his mercy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRefusing to eat or even to wash the blood from her hands, Caerwin only wants to die. He won’t let her. Lash in hand, he forces her compliance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut her life is destined for even greater change. At the end of his term as legion commander, Marcellus returns to Rome. He’s taking her with him even if she refuses to leave her beloved Britannia. A journey fraught with high seas, banditry, and the blighted company of a woman she despises brings Caerwin to the heart of the Roman Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo the arms of a man she refuses to love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story of breathtaking scope, Caerwin \u0026amp; Marcellus takes the reader from the heart of Britannia and across Gaul to the thriving metropolis of Rome. Set in 50 AD, their struggle to come to terms with each other’s needs and expectations exposes the underbelly of Rome’s legal system, its dependence on slavery, and sexual secrets from Marcellus’ past. Can young Caerwin rise to the challenge of womanhood?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lizzie Ashworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47110982893808,"sku":"2940153084282","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940153084282_p0.jpg?v=1764048957","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940153084282","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}