To Seduce a Senator

Book 3: To Seduce a Senator the focus shifts to Livia's cousin, Junia, a widow who has managed to maintain her independence and her late husband's vast shipping fortune despite the Augusta's constant pressure for her to remarry. The central conflict arises when a charismatic and populist reformer named Gaius Valerius enters the race for Consul, threatening the traditional power structures the fami...