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Alice Freeman finds her way to Rome, Italy, and in her search for the unusual and the paths less traveled, she finds her way into one of the Gladiator schools. There she meets Armond Lordi, historian and gladiator. In one of the great cities of romance, what follows is as beautiful and powerful as the Trevi Fountain.
Written by Blanche Wheeler
Published by AmorBooks
Alice Freeman was twenty-six and free. Free from college, free from obligations and free from attachment. With this freedom she stepped on a plane in New York city and got off in Rome, Italy. She felt alive once the plane touched down, even after the mind-numbing Trans-Atlantic flight. Clear of customs and her backpack retrieved from luggage, she found a cab and gave the driver the address of her hotel.
The sun was perfect as was the sky. Despite the alarming traffic and chaotic driving skills, she forced herself to keep her eyes open. She had multiple adrenaline rushes and fear induced leg convulsions where she knee-jerked the attempt to find the brake pedal with her foot from the back seat. Once off the thruways, and into the city area, the roads became unbelievably narrow. With cars parked up on the curbs of both sides, the driver hummed his cab down these streets with fearless abandon. Buildings were three and five stories high, pressed and…
