IL MIO CUORE

Firenze, 1469.

In the shadow of the Medici, one song can start a war… and one love can end it.

Lia survives by her voice. Orphaned and unschooled, she sings for supper in the smoke-hazed tavern La Rosa Rossa, where merchants gamble and secrets trade for coin. She knows better than to catch the eye of a man like Raffaele Valori.

Raffaele survives by watching. The sharp-witted son of a silk merchant, he’s spent his life studying power: how Lorenzo de’ Medici wields it, how rivals bleed for it, how one wrong move can destroy a family. He never meant to look twice at a tavern girl.

But when Lia’s voice soars through the crowd—raw, defiant, achingly alive—Raffaele hears more than music. He hears rebellion. And when he offers her a path out of the slums and into the glittering, dangerous world of Medici Florence, Lia must choose:

Safety without a song… or a voice that could cost her everything.

As conspiracy tightens around Lorenzo and the city holds its breath, Lia and Raffaele are drawn into a deadly game of art, politics, and desire. In a city where beauty is currency and love is treason, their passion might be the one thing powerful enough to save them—or destroy them both.

IL MIO CUORE is a lush, sweeping historical romance set in Renaissance Florence. Perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory, Sarah Dunant, and Kate Quinn.

Book One of The Florence Trilogy

Contains: Forbidden love, Medici intrigue, a heroine who sings her truth, and a hero who would burn Florence for her