Lucianna

Set in Renaissance Italy, this captivating series by Bertrice Small follows Lucianna Pietro d' Angelo, who finds herself reluctantly engaged to an aging bookseller after her sisters cause scandals in Florence. Following his death, she inherits a prosperous bookshop and embraces her comfortable widowhood—until she meets Robert Minton, the dashing Earl of Lisle. As their undeniable attraction ignites, her family schemes to send her to London, where Lucianna embarks on a transformative journey into love and high society, eventually reaching the court of the Tudor king.