Laura T. Emery has long had a desire to write a novel. She put that desire on hold to raise a family and build a career. Waiting tables and literally selling seashells by the sea shore, Emery worked her way through college into a nursing career. For the last 15 years, she has worked as a registered nurse in the Los Angeles area. Her fierce passion for travel and diverse cultures, as well as her love of Renaissance art and architecture, have fueled her inquisitive nature. Always researching and putting her thoughts to paper, Emery creates fiction with facts. Over the past two years, Emery poure...