The onyx sky was studded diamond-bright with stars, and all was very, very still, as if the earth itself was poised, waiting. Not a hint of a breeze stirred the fronds of the tall, stately date palms. 'Bertrice Small creates cover-to-cover passion, a keen sense of history and suspense.' PUBLISHERS WEEKLYPrologue The night was black and hot. And it will take all her cunning and skill in war to keep the precious erotic rapture she can find only in his arms. Despite that pledge, she falls hopelessly and passionately in love with Marcus Alexander Britanus, a Roman. She was also a member of RWA's Long Island chapter, L.I.R.W., and is its easternmost member on the North Fork of Eastern Long Island.The daughter of a powerful desert cheiftain, beautiful raven-haired Zenobia, a descendent of Cleopatra, witnesses at an early age the shocking brutality of renegade Roman soldiers and vows to hate all of the blue-eyed strangers forever. And in 2008 she was named by ROMANTIC TIMES along with her friends Jennifer Blake, Roberta Gellis and Janelle Taylor, a Pioneer of Romance.īertrice Small was a member of The Authors Guild, Romance Writers of America, PAN, and PASIC. In 2004 she was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by ROMANTIC TIMES magazine for her contributions to the Historical Romance genre.

She had a 'Silver Pen' from Affair De Coeur, and an Honorable Mention from The West Coast Review of Books. She was the recipient of numerous awards including Career Achievement for Historical Romance Best Historical Romance Outstanding Historical Romance Series Career Achievement for Historical Fantasy a Golden Leaf from the New Jersey Romance Writers chapter of Romance Writers of America an Author of the Year (2006) and Big Apple Award from the New York City Romance Writers chapter of RWA, and several Reviewers Choice awards from Romantic Times.

A New York Times bestselling author, she had also appeared on other best-seller lists including Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and the L.A. Published since 1947, Bertrice Small was the author of over 50 romance novels. Her greatest passions were her family Finnegan and Sylvester, the family cats Nicki, the elderly cockatiel who whistles the NY Mets charge call her garden her work, and just life in general. She lived on eastern Long Island for over 30 years. On October 5, 1963, she married George Sumner Small, a photographer and designer with a History Major at Princeton. She studied at Attended Western College for Women and Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School. Bertrice Williams was born on Decemin Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA, the daughter of Doris S.

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