Amor Imperatoris: A Novel of Hadrian and Antinous Paperback – November 27, 2025

In this sweeping work of historical fiction, Antinous journeys from the perfumed streets of Claudiopolis to the heart of imperial Rome, where he rises from slavery to become Emperor Hadrian’s most cherished companion—a Greek whose quiet strength and unassuming grace captivate the ruler of the known world.But power is perilous. In Hadrian’s absence, envy festers. The empress Sabina and Rome’s senators see only a servant draped in borrowed splendor, while Eros—once Antinous’ closest friend, burns with a jealousy sharp enough to spark betrayal. Whispers of prophecy, hidden intrigues, and a devil’s bargain coil through glittering banquets and secret chambers, where loyalty falters and vengeance waits its moment.AMOR IMPERATORIS is a novel of forbidden devotion and ruthless ambition—poised on the knife’s edge between loyalty and obsession, where beauty can crown or condemn, and where one man’s grief dares to challenge the power of the gods. This story also explores what Emperor Hadrian perceived in Antinous: the quiet resolve and rare presence that moved him to defy tradition and raise a mortal to divinity as the last god of Rome. Read more