Mark of the lion

Atretes, a revered gladiator, has won his freedom and vows to find the son he believed had died, but retrieving the baby from Rizpah, the young widow who has raised the child from birth, proves more difficult than he thought it would be, and Atretes is moved to take Rizpah into his household and into his heart.

Hadassah conceals scars and identity with veils after she narrowly escapes death. She risks her life to heal the person who tried to destroy her.

A novel set in ancient Rome about a Christian slave girl's fight to save her family and the man she loves.