Song of the Silk Weaver
Since a raid by a rival Tatar warlord led to Kiraz’s capture at the age of fourteen, she has adjusted to life in the city of Astrakhan, near the Caspian Sea, as the second wife of a wealthy merchant. Twelve years later, her main complaint is the overbearing first wife who has commandeered Kiraz’s son and the young beauty who leaves her feeling frumpy and forgotten.
After the forces of Ivan the Terrible invade, Kiraz’s husband leaves with their son, and she has only her skills as a silk weaver to sustain her. A flirtatious Italian merchant agrees to help her return to her home on the steppe—and offers a second chance at love. Now Kiraz must choose: take her chances in a new city or make a last-ditch attempt to repair her frayed ties with her birth family at the risk of trusting a man guaranteed to break her heart.
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 15, 2026
“Determined to regain her destiny, an intrepid heroine seizes a chance encounter with a merchant caravan to begin a dangerous journey back to her homeland on the sixteenth-century steppe. C. P. Lesley pens a tale full of fascinating history, beautifully descriptive details, and a heartwarming romance with a handsome Italian.”
—Andrea Penrose, author of the Wrexford & Sloane Mysteries