Barbara Blomberg — Volume 01
1897
Wolf Hartschwert returns to Ratisbon after years abroad to find his childhood world transformed. The woman he once knew, Barbara Blomberg, has blossomed into a beauty with a musician's gift and a fierce will to survive, but in 16th century Germany, a woman without fortune or powerful connections faces limited options. Their reunion awakens old feelings, yet love proves as dangerous as politics in an empire where Emperor Charles V holds sway and families guard their names as fiercely as their gold. Barbara, raised in precarious circumstances, refuses to be merely a pawn in others' games; she wants more than the humble life society deems appropriate for her station. What unfolds is a romance set against the grandeur and cruelty of the Holy Roman Empire, where every kiss carries consequence and every choice demands sacrifice.
