The Mark of Venus transports readers to 14th century Venice, where celebrated courtesan Rosina - the city's most dazzling jewel - finds her gilded cage rattled by an impoverished law student's love sonnet. As plague creeps toward the lagoon, their forbidden affair exposes the fragile boundary between transactional desire and soul-deep connection in a republic built on masks.
The Mark of Venus transports readers to 14th century Venice, where celebrated courtesan Rosina - the city's most dazzling jewel - finds her gilded cage rattled by an impoverished law student's love sonnet. As plague creeps toward the lagoon, their forbidden affair exposes the fragile boundary between transactional desire and soul-deep connection in a republic built on masks.