title: The Gladiator (The Romans, Book 1)
author:  Carla Capshaw 
description: He won his fame--and his freedom--in the gory pits of Rome's Colosseum. Yet the greatest challenge for once-legendary gladiator Caros Viriathos comes to him through a slave. <i>His</i> slave, the beautiful and mysterious Pelonia Valeria. Her secret brings danger to his household but offers Caros a love like he's never known....<br /><br />Should anyone learn she is a Christian, Pelonia will be executed. Her faith threatens not only herself, but her master. Can she convince a man who found fame through unforgiving brutality to show mercy? And when she's ultimately given the choice, will Pelonia choose freedom or the love of a gladiator?
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  Rise of the Gladiator
  
  
  Book 2- Dark Universe
  
  
  By Cheree Alsop
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Cheree L. Alsop
  
  
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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are a
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  To my mother-
  
  
  Thank you for making me
  
  
  Take that writing class in high school;
  
  
  You believed in me before I
  
  
  Wrote my first word.
  
  
  
  
  
  To my children-
  
  
  Thank you for making me smile every day,
  
  
  For filling life with laughter and love,
  
  
  And for every great adventure.
  
  
  
  
  
  To my husband-
  
  
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