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Shades of Brilliance

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A Renaissance historical novel about a servant girl painting in secret in 1473 Venice, and the master who risks his name to train her. Art-world intrigue, forbidden ambition and a clean slow-burn romance among the pigments and politics of the quattrocento.

"Fans of the Renaissance era will be carried away to a time of passion and art." — InD’tale Magazine

Renaissance Italy loves genius — just not when it belongs to a woman.

Venice, 1473. In a city of workshops and whispers, a servant girl d...