Divine - A Historical Romance
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Last published Sun, Oct 26, 2025
When a young servant girl in Milan is torn from the only home she's known and given as a gift to the powerful Medici of Florence, she expects cruelty-just another gilded cage under a different master. But what she finds instead is a world of art, politics, and dangerous kindness.
Clarice's life changes the moment Lorenzo de' Medici looks at her-not as property, but as a person. Yet Florence is a city built on secrets and debts, and even its gentlest smiles can conceal ruin. As Clarice learns to navigate a household of wealth and power, she must decide whether the man who offered her compassion is her salvation... or her undoing.
Set against the grandeur and treachery of Renaissance Italy, Divine is a slow-burning tale of forbidden affection, loyalty, and the fragile line between servitude and freedom.
Loosely based on the live of Lorenzo Medici and the show the Medici, but no prior knowledge is needed to read this story. No Copyright infringement intended.
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