EMILIA’S PROMISE
The Blossoming of Emilia Bassano
(Prequel to Shakespeare’s Conspirator)
How did Emilia Bassano develop the wherewithal to pen some of the greatest plays ever written? Her early years prepared her well.
It’s 1576. Emilia Bassano’s father collapses and dies in front of her eyes. She is ripped from her mother’s arms, taken from London to a castle in rural England, and raised and educated by aristocratic women. Her writing and musical talents bloom. Then she encounters a young Shakespeare while hiding in a theater, and a new journey begins.
EMILIA’S SHAKESPEARE
Her Quest, His Deceit
(Sequel to Shakespeare’s Conspirator)
Was Shakespeare a fraud? If so, why hasn’t he been exposed? Delve into the mystery with Emilia. See what she sees as only she can.
It’s 1599. Emilia Bassano Lanyer hears shocking stories that overturn assumptions about her heritage. As the anonymous author of several plays attributed to Shakespeare, she launches a campaign to expose all of his fraudulent claims while intensifying her advocacy for women. Shakespeare, from his death bed, summons her to Stratford-upon-Avon and urges her to preserve his legacy, but she must confront new perils from men with a stake in hiding the truth.we
LEGACY OF SECRETS
Did Her Mother Lie about the Family’s Past to Protect Her Future?
Was everything that Malina assumed to be true about her family’s heritage a lie? As she discovers clue after clue to a centuries-long cover up, she dives deeper into its mysterious past. Join her quest and follow her ancestors’ epic escapes from peril in one country after another.
It’s 2012. Malina, a young Catholic woman, stumbles upon clues to her family’s hidden crypto-Jewish heritage. Is there anything to her mother’s deathbed letter and the visions she saw in her drug-addled dreams? Malina’s journey leads her to Brazil, Amsterdam, and Spain to uncover the truth, revealing an ancestry that went to great lengths to disguise their faith and escape the terror of their times.
Interspersed is the saga of Malina’s forebears moving forward in time, facing daunting circumstances while seeking refuge in nation after nation. Joinperil