About the Book: Vilified by history, Caterina Sforza learned early that her life was not her own. Married at age ten, she was a pawn in the ever-changing political environment of Renaissance Italy.

Resigned to her life as a fifteenth-century wife, Caterina adapted to the role she was expected to play: raising and educating her children, helping the poor in her new home, and turning a blind eye to her husband’s increasingly shameful behaviour. But Fate had other plans for her, and soon Caterina’s path would be plagued by murder, betrayal, and heartbreak.

“Could I write all, the world would turn to stone.”

About the Beverage: Kelly recommends pairing her novel with an Italian red wine like Modello Masi Merlot Trevenezie because “Food and wine play an important part in my novels, as in life, and I like to imagine my main character, Caterina Sforza, drinking something similar to this wine from the Venice region.”

About the Author: Kelly Evans writes historical fiction, focussing on strong women mainly forgotten by history. Raised and educated in Canada, Kelly lived in England for 20 years, where she continued her studies and traveled extensively before returning to Canada. She left a career in project management to writing full-time and has since published a dozen historical books, including The Confessor's Wife and the bestselling Merovingian novel The Beggar Queen. Part Two of Caterina Sforza's story will be out later this year.

Kelly says, “Caterina Sforza has always been a controversial figure, resulting in very few books written about her that weren't from another's point of view. I wanted to tell her story from HER point of view. You can read an excerpt of the novel on my website and buy the paperback and ebook on Amazon!”

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