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Follow three daggers forged in Ancient Rome through two thousand winters... WOLF OF SATURNALIA Saved from a deadly ambush, how will orphaned Iunia fare in the house of Rome's master gladiator? VIELLE Caught between shocking past and uncertain future, a troubadour sings for his professional life. DI PAOLO AND DA VINCI Fleeing from Barbary pirates, a young couple awaiting the birth of an heir run into the foremost mind of their age. SWEET NIGHTINGALE How will a quirky investigator in Mozart's Vienna solve the case of an innocent-seeming maid and a load of contraband tobacco? BINGLEY AND DARCY Discover hitherto unrevealed goings-on among the menfolk of Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice.' ONCE WAS LOST On a Kansas dust-bowl farm, a lonely woman faces difficult choices. WARM ME SOFTLY Should Maggie fight for her New York antique shop, or yield to the seductive property developer who wants to buy her out? Seven literary, G-rated stories--sometimes heart-warming, sometimes harrowing--of families and friends, celebrations and travail, across space and time.