For the first time in one volume Jean Plaidys duet of Borgia novels brings to life the infamous reckless and passionate family in an unforgettable historical sagaMadonna of the Seven Hills Fifteenthcentury Rome the Borgia family is on the rise Lucrezias father is named Pope Alexander VI and he places his daughter and her brothers Cesare Giovanni and Goffredo in the jeweled splendorand scandalof his court From the Popes affairs with adolescent girls to Cesares dangerous jealousy of anyone who inspires Lucrezias affections to the ominous birth of a child conceived in secret no Borgia can elude infamyLight on Lucrezia Some said she was an elegant seductress Others swore she was an incestuous murderess She was the most dangerous and sought after woman in all of Rome Lucrezia Borgias young life has been colored by violence and betrayal Now married for the second time at just eighteen she hopes for happiness with her handsome husband Alfonso But faced with brutal murder shes soon torn between her love for her husband her devotion to her brother Cesare And in the days when the Borgias ruled Italy no one was safe from the long arm of their power Not even Lucrezia