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Jeanne Kalogridis

Biography

Jeanne Kalogridis

Jeanne Kalogridis lives with her partner in North Carolina, where they share a house with two dogs. She is the author of the critically acclaimed novels THE BORGIA BRIDE and I, MONA LISA and other numerous dark fantasy and historical novels.

Jeanne Kalogridis

Books by Jeanne Kalogridis

by Jeanne Kalogridis - Fiction, Historical Fiction

In Spain, the Inquisition is targeting conversos, Christians of Jewish descent, who practice Judaism secretly in their homes. Marisol Garcia, a young conversa, is hurriedly wed to Gabriel, a civil lawyer working for the Inquisition, in hopes that he will protect her. But she still yearns for the childhood love who abandoned her four years earlier and is shocked when he reappears suddenly at her wedding. When her father is arrested and tortured, Marisol finds herself caught between her love for him and her desire to save the lives of her people.