{"product_id":"gladiators-beloved-an-ancient-roman-historical-romance-paperback","title":"Gladiator's Beloved: an Ancient Roman historical romance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJenna Bigelow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe's\u003c\/em\u003e the gladiator. \u003cem\u003eHe's\u003c\/em\u003e the beloved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLea is one of the fiercest and most highly prized female gladiators in imperial Rome. She fights for her freedom, but the exorbitant sum her manager demands remains out of reach. When one spectacular victory catches the emperor's attention, he rewards her by sending his own physician, Kallias, to tend her wounds. Lea has no time for a man like Kallias: refined, brilliant, and far too handsome. Yet between trading barbs and stitching wounds, a heat sparks she can't ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKallias yearns to escape the imperial family's tangled web, but freeing himself from the paranoid emperor's control is no simple matter. In Lea, he finds an impulsive, fearless woman who makes him crave the future he can never have while bound to the emperor's mercurial whims.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne stolen night becomes two, then three, and soon Lea offers him what she keeps carefully hidden-the real woman beneath the armor, whose desire for trust and surrender clashes with her fierce persona in the arena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut with an unpredictable emperor pulling the strings, nothing comes easy, and Lea soon discovers that winning her happily-ever-after will be the most perilous fight of her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGladiator's Beloved is Book 2 in the Imperial Games series but can be read as a standalone. It features a chaotic gladiator heroine, a cautious physician hero, plenty of spice, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 10, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46856695709835,"sku":"9798992455373","price":41.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/QemzC59Q2r9798992455373.webp?v=1778100621","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/gladiators-beloved-an-ancient-roman-historical-romance-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}