Adora
by Bertrice Small

Adora! Her beauty was legend. And in the dying days of the great Byzantine Empire—that last vestige of what had once been Imperial Rome—her value as the emperor's daughter was priceless.

Three men claimed her as wife. Orkhan, the powerful Ottoman sultan; the dashing pirate Alexander, lord of Mesembria; and Prince Murad, to whom Adora's heart truly belonged. In a grand epic that sweeps the reader from the golden palaces of fourteenth-century Byzantium to the blazing sensuality of the sultan's harem, Adora was a woman who firmly controlled her own destiny because she and Murad were meant only for each other. And together their passions would forge an empire.

Adora! Her name was the secret of all love.

Publisher Note: This story was previously published elsewhere, 1980-1995.

Other Books by Bertrice Small

Lucianna
The Silk Merchant's Daughters #3

Francesca
The Silk Merchant's Daughters #2

Bianca
The Silk Merchant's Daughters #1

The Spitfire

Love, Remember Me

Deceived

Bond of Passion
The Border Chronicles #6

Guilty Pleasures
Pleasures Series

The Border Vixen
The Border Chronicles #5

Passionate Pleasures
Pleasures Series

Crown of Destiny
The Sixth and Final Book of the World of Hetar

The Border Lord and the Lady
The Border Chronicles #4

The Shadow Queen
Book Five Of The World of Hetar

The Captive Heart
The Border Chronicles #3

Dangerous Pleasures

Show all >

Bertrice Small's Bio

Born in Manhattan, Bertrice Small has lived on eastern Long Island for 26 years, and she loves it! She is a Sagittarian, married to a Pisces, with an Aries son. Her greatest passions are her family; Pookie, Honeybun, and Finnegan, the family cats; Nicki, the ederly cockatiel who whistles the NY Mets charge call; her garden; her work, and just life in general.

She is the author of 31 novels of Historical Romance including THE KADIN (pronounced Kah-deen), and the beloved series "The O'Malley Saga" and "Skye's Legacy". A New York Times bestselling author, she has also appeared on other best-seller lists including Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and the L.A. Times. She is the recipient of numerous awards including Best Historical Romance; Outstanding Historical Romance Series; Career Achievement for Historical Fantasy; and several Reviewers Choice awards from Romantic Times. She has a "Silver Pen" from Affair De Couer, and an Honorable Mention from The West Coast Review of Books.

Bertrice Small is a member of The Authors Guild, Romance Writers of America, and PASIC. She is also a member of RWA's Long Island chapter, L.I.R.W., and is its easternmost member.