| Management number | 240406060 | Release Date | 2026/07/16 | List Price | US$6.00 | Model Number | 240406060 | ||
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<p><b>Three forbidden passions rise in the shadows of empire.</b><br>From the marble cloisters of Italian-occupied Albania to the perfumed salons of French Tunisia and the lush estates of Spanish-controlled Philippines, <i>Empire of Desire</i> explores love that defies rule, custom, and nation.</p><p>In <i>The Cloistered Bride</i>, a young noblewoman is forced into a convent to fulfill her family's alliance with the occupying Italians-but a forbidden love reveals deeper secrets and ancestral betrayals.</p><p>In <i>Touch Me Not</i>, a sheltered Filipina daughter falls in love with a Spanish soldier-only to discover that desire in a colonized world is never safe, especially when her body and freedom are not truly hers.</p><p>In <i>The Perfumed Vice</i>, a mixed-race soldier seduces his way to the top of French Tunisian society, only to learn that ambition is its own trap-and love, its cruelest luxury.</p><p>Tales of passion, power, and peril await in this Courts & Colonies volume of historical Gothic romance.</p>
| Book format | Paperback |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Fiction |
| Genre | Literature & Fiction |
| Publication date | February, 2026 |
| Pages | 350 |
| Subgenre | Cultural Heritage |
| Series title | Courts & Colonies |
| Number in series | 0 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Publisher | Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp |
| Original languages | English |
| Language | English |
| Is collectible | N |
| Retail packaging | Single Piece |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 6.00 x 0.78 x 9.00 in |
| Assembled product weight | 1.03 lb |
| Bisac subject heading | Fiction |
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