num_pages: 288
description: He won his fame--and his freedom--in the gory pits of Rome's Colosseum. Yet the greatest challenge for once-legendary gladiator Caros Viriathos comes to him through a slave. His slave the beautiful and mysterious Pelonia Valeria. Her secret brings danger to his household but offers Caros a love like he's never known....Should anyone learn she is a Christian Pelonia will be executed. Her faith threatens not only herself but her master. Can she convince a man who found fame through unforgiving brutality to show mercy? And when she's ultimately given the choice will Pelonia choose freedom or the love of a gladiator?
language: English
title: The Gladiator
publisher: Steeple Hill Love Inspired Historical