num_pages: 273
description: A PEASANT BEAUTY --- CAPTURED BY A RULING ENEMY, DESIRED BY A NOBLE LOVE ...On the eve of her wedding to an Italian rebel, radiant auburn-haired Valentina Ventura was seized and carried to the evil arms of the ruling duke. And as Valentina fought for her honor behind the palace walls, a blazing battle claimed the lives of her family and loyal betrothed.Though rescued by the duke's merciful sister and taken as her ward, Valentina made a bitter vow to avenge her loss and never marry ... until she came to know the gentle embrace of Gianni Catena, the handsome nobleman who served the free republic.Now caught in the sweep of ripened new love, Valentina struggles to uphold her vow --- knowing she must choose between happiness and loneliness ... hope and despair ... a promise and the man she truly loves.
language: English
title: A Promise in the Wind
titlecomplete: A Promise in the Wind
ratings_count: 3
places: Sicily
publisher: Richard Gallen Books