Review: Please, Shay, write a whole series!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2014
WorthBy: Shay Savage5/5 starsI originally bought this novella when it was a part of the Bend anthology.Lucius Faustus, Roman citizen, soldier and leader. He is the Tribunus over Caesar’s legions in the West, fighting the Gauls. When he is gravely injured by a sword on the battlefield, he is taken away from the fighting to a medicus.After the medicus is finished cleaning, stitching and dressing his wound, he orders his slave helper, a young woman named Aia, to stay and watch over the Tribunus, as Faustus is a very important man to Rome.Faustus is taken by her innocence especially free from the wiles of the Roman women. She provides him distraction by telling him about her life, how she came to be a slave and what that was like growing up. She also provides him with sexual relief when he so desires.Once he is healed enough, he wishes for Aia to return to the battlefield with him. As a slave he knows her worth measured in coins. But as a woman, he learns that she is worth far more than imagined and vows to always give her worth.Pick this sweet short book up, especially if you like ancient, historical romances. I would truly love for Shay to use this novella as a launch pad for a series. I really, really liked it that much.