Erotic Romance Reviews - Long and Short Reviews: Caeser’s Mercy of Love by Penny Ash & Jade Morrison

Monday, August 31, 2009

Caeser’s Mercy of Love by Penny Ash & Jade Morrison

Caeser’s Mercy of Love by Penny Ash & Jade Morrison
Publisher: Phaze Books
Genre: Contemporary, Historical, Paranormal, Fantasy
Length: Short Story (129 pgs)
Other: M/F
Rating: 4.5 Cherries
Review by Magnolia

Two Caesars, two loves, two incredible romances.

Caesar's Love: Laurentius Caesar has everything a man could want: power, prestige, and the admiration of all. He lacks only love, something the old soothsayer promised would be his. But he hasn't found it yet and he's growing impatient, until a chance meeting with one of his house slaves, Auriel.

Having known only the life of a servant, Auriel is surprised and not all that pleased with her new role as Caesar's lover. Men like Caesar are dangerous and all Auriel wants is to stay alive.

Is Laurentius' love strong enough to erase their differences?

Mercy of Love: Digging for buried Roman treasure, archeologist Athena Preston finds more than she bargained for when an ancient ruby ring is found. Slipping the ring on her finger, Athena wakes to find herself staring into the intense eyes of Quintus Caesar himself. Caesar demands an explanation for why the beautiful servant is wearing his ring; an explanation Athena is at a loss to provide him.

With her life at stake, Athena seduces the young ruler, winning not only his heart, but his trust as well. Captured by time, and the Caesar’s love, Athena is no longer certain she wants to return to her world. However, as a scholar she knows the time of Quintus Caesar’s assassination - and it's only days away. Should she save the man she loves and risk changing the course of history?

Lives will never be the same, but will love survive the centuries?

This book is written in two parts. The first, Caeser’s Love, is the story of Laurentius Caeser, emperor of Rome and is set in the days when Rome was a ruling power. Sex, subterfuge and scandal is the backdrop for the romance between Caeser and a slave girl named Auriel. But love doesn’t come easily, even for an Emperor. When Caeser learns his lover, Tacita, has been having an affair with a gladiator, he decides to have one of his own, and Auriel is the perfect woman. Having sex with a slave girl will surly put Tacita in her place while also humiliating her. Tacita isn’t one to take things sitting down, and her traitorous heart sets out to even the score. Though tragedy follows, this is a very sweet, charming, happily ever after romance that shouldn’t be missed.

In the second part, Mercy of Love, the story continues with Quintus Caeser, a descendant of Laurentius, and then jumps forward to a modern day archeological dig. Athena Preston and her class of archeology students are on a dig in Slovenia, where an ancient Roman wall has been found, and when she finds the ring of Quintas Caeser, Athena finds herself transported back to Quintas’ time.

This love story is compelling and interesting, and I liked the way the author was able to jump back and forth from one time to another to tell this story.

Don’t miss Caeser’s Mercy of Love. This is why we read romance and you’ll be glad you did!

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