Pompeii Fire: Fires of Time

By Sharon E. Cathcart

AD 79

 

Drusilla was the woman of his dreams. Suetonius swore his eternal devotion to the merchant's daughter.

 

A gladiator's word is his bond.

 

Present Day

 

Classics professor Damiano De Luca feels ridiculous in the gladiator costume he wears after losing a bet, and seeing Stephanie Marlowe waiting in line outside the Pompeii Archaeological Park makes him feel even worse. She's gorgeous … and looks so familiar. Without thinking, the handsome Italian addresses Stephanie in the old tongue: "Salve, Drusilla."

 

Her reply? "Salve, Thraex."

 

Through untold disaster in the recesses of time and up to the present day, Dom and Stephanie must discover the truth about Pompeii Fire.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sharon E. Cathcart
• Release date: Aug 24, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215295687

Sharon E. Cathcart

Award-winning author Sharon E. Cathcart (she/her) writes heart-warming romance and historical fiction with a twist! A former journalist and newspaper editor, Sharon has been writing for as long as she can remember and always has at least one work in progress. She is a member of the Archaeological Conservancy, Archaeological Institute of America, Bay Area Romance Writers, Historical Novel Society, and Sisters in Crime. Sharon lives in the Silicon Valley, California, with her very patient husband and several rescue cats.

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