A Dowry of Steel and Blood

Like all daughters of wealthy fathers in Venice, Isabella had been promised in marriage. Like most daughters of wealthy father's in Venice, she was not in love with the man she was promised to. She, like many young girls, was in love with a handsome artist. Her father, uninterested in her pleas of marriage for love, had turned a deaf ear to her. Now, with the help of her dear uncle Leo, Isabelle has a plan to get what she most desires. She may get her love or she may learn that our deepest desires often come with the highest price.