This is an era of multiple powers rising: the vast Persian Empire, the military-oriented Sparta, the commercially dominant Athens, the up-and-coming Thebes, the ambitious Macedonia, the two powers of the western Mediterranean, and the newly emerging Rome...
This is an era where stars shine brightly: Agesilaus, the last king of Sparta; Epaminondas, the renowned general who propelled Thebes to prominence; Philip, the founding ruler who laid the foundation for Macedonian hegemony; Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse; Camillus, the dictator who saved Rome...
This is an era of intellectual discourse: the great philosopher Plato, the founder of the Cynic school Antisthenes, the Pythagorean school with its focus on numbers as divine, the encyclopedic scholar Democritus, the father of Western medicine Hippocrates, the renowned playwright Aristophanes...
As the protagonist traverses through reincarnation, arriving in this era as a humble mercenary, what will he bring to this world?
Just when she's decided to leave the Town, Lady Cressida Belverst is forced to marry Lord Calan Haverston, the man who coincidentally knows a way out. Agreeing to marry for all the wrong reasons, can Cressida and Calan find out where their hearts truly belong?
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It is impossible to leave the Town, but one woman is determined to escape with the help of her betrothed.
Lady Cressida Belverst has always been judged as a walking scandal. Oh, how she tries (on some rare occasions) to be proper! When her parents arrange for her to marry a rich lord, Cressida has had enough. She has to leave the Town because she will not be forced to live with a man she doesn't love. But what happens if the very man she's betrothed to is the only one who can help her get out?
Calan Haverston, the Lord of Easton, takes the risk and helps his betrothed by using his knowledge of the Town's secrets because he is as willing as she to stay free of marriage for reasons completely different. He has dark secrets he cannot share with her, and his life is not one he can likewise open to anyone. But what happens when she leaves after awakening desires he thought he has under control? And what happens when he finds himself longing for her?
Cressida goes to a completely different place, one she has only heard in stories and read in books, with hopes of finding what her heart has always longed for. But love, mystery and secrets will chase her and it will only be a matter of time before she realizes what her heart truly desires.
*This story is a standalone title in the Haverston Family series.