The Legacy of Love

In the heart of Ancient Rome, where power and suspicion move through the streets as swiftly as the Tiber, one woman dares to keep alive the flame of memory, tradition, and love. The Legacy of Love tells the story of Julia Valeria, a courageous woman who inherits more than a family tale-she inherits a secret that the state seeks to erase. This is not the Rome of triumphal arches and celebrated generals.
It is the Rome of kitchens, storerooms, ferry crossings, and quiet corners of libraries, where everyday resistance is fought with whispers, gestures, and the strength to endure. As decrees tighten and a cunning adversary rises to hunt down forbidden rites, Julia must decide whether to hide or to resist. She chooses not only to preserve the legacy entrusted to her, but to weave it so deeply into the life of the city that no law can erase it.
Steeped in the atmosphere of the late Republic and the dawn of empire, this novel blends history with imagination: the hum of the Forum at dawn, the scent of fresh bread in shaded courtyards, and the quiet weight of stories passed from one generation to the next. At its heart, it is about the endurance of love and the traditions that survive because someone, somewhere, chooses to begin again when all else is stripped away.
For readers of historical fiction, women's voices in history, and timeless stories of resilience, The Legacy of Love is both a journey into Rome's hidden corners and a reminder that the foundations of history are often laid by those whose names survive only in memory.