Heart The Lover: A Medieval Tale of Forbidden Love and Survival

Hopper, Daniel

/ ISBN 13: 9798245454856

Published by Independently published, 2026

Print on Demand. Seller Inventory # I-9798245454856

Synopsis:

What would you sacrifice for a love that could destroy you?

Margherita di Corso can see what others cannot—the truth that lives beneath every smile, every promise, every lie. It's a gift that has shown her exactly what awaits in the gilded cage of her arranged marriage: a slow death of the soul, dressed in silk and respectability.

Then he arrives. A friar sent to paint sacred art in her father's chapel. And when their eyes meet, Margherita sees something impossible—a heart that refuses to hide, a soul laid bare, a man who terrifies her precisely because he sees her too.

In 1348 Siena, love like theirs is heresy.

She is promised to another. He has sworn vows to God. Between them stands her father's ambition, the Church's iron laws, and a society that will destroy anyone who dares choose truth over obedience.

But when the Black Death descends upon Italy—turning streets into graveyards and reducing the powerful to beggars—the rules that once seemed absolute begin to crumble like ash.

Now Margherita must make a choice her mother never had the courage to make. Run toward love and lose everything. Or stay safe and lose herself.

Some loves whisper. This one screams.

Perfect for readers who devoured The Nightingale, All the Light We Cannot See, and The Song of Achilles—this is historical fiction that doesn't just transport you to another time. It forces you to ask: Would you be brave enough to choose yourself, even if it meant burning your whole world down?

"A heart-wrenching masterpiece that proves love is not the opposite of fear—it's what we choose despite it."

"I couldn't put it down. I didn't want it to end. And when it did, I immediately wanted to start over."

"This book wrecked me in the best possible way."

The year is 1348. The plague is coming. And two people are about to discover that the greatest risk isn't dying—it's never having truly lived.

Are you ready to take the risk?

Turn the page. Take the leap. Choose love.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Heart The Lover: A Medieval Tale of ...
Publisher: Independently published
Publication Date: 2026
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New