Eden Books Ancient Shorts: An Ancient World Romance Collection

A famous myth rewritten.A servant and a soldier in Imperial Rome.A princess and a eunuch in Parthian Ctesiphon.A noble woman and a Viking raider in Byzantine Constantinople.A reunion. A discovery. A connection.

Ancient Shorts: An Ancient World Romance Collection features five steamy Ancient World romance short stories, tales of discovering love in times long ago including Imperial Rome, Parthian Ctesiphon, and Byzantine Constantinople.

This collection includes the following previously published Ancient World romance short stories, appearing in chronological order:

Hot as HadesMythologicalAfter living in Hell for four months, Persephone returns home to the mortal realm. But can home truly be home without the man she loves?

The Promise of Memory100 CEA Roman slave finds freedom in her fantasies of a knight in Trajan’s imperial guard — a warrior who evokes memories of a long lost love.

An Unexpected Discovery130-138 CEA Parthian princess searching for the lost throne of her kingdom engages the services of a palace eunuch and discovers a treasure far more precious.

The Eunuch138 CEIn Ancient Parthia, a palace eunuch gives his body in service to a princess. But who is really in control?

Nota Bene: “An Unexpected Discovery” and “The Eunuch” are published together for the first time.

Protecting Her860 CEA Byzantine noblewoman seeking refuge in a monastery loses her heart to an invader when Constantinople is sacked by the Viking Rus.

Ancient Shorts: An Ancient World Romance Collection is comprised of five Ancient World short stories, each centered on a heterosexual liaison, heat levels ranging from steamy to erotic. Themes include the status of women as political pawns, finding unexpected connections, discovering hope when life seems hopeless.