An old law leads to forced marriage–can this bride be saved?

 Barcelona, 1584 Dear Madam Mariana,  I dare not ask this question of anyone I know but–I must seek counsel.  In Jewish law, when a man dies, his brother is obligated… Continue reading An old law leads to forced marriage–can this bride be saved?

Josefina and Father Alonso, sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g!

[A blast from the past! Josefina de Castillo, happily married to Manuel Castillo, rediscovers her passion for a redheaded priest. And worse yet, he’s now a Bishop!] Mexico, 1690 Estimada… Continue reading Josefina and Father Alonso, sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g!

How to not marry Igor, or, He got the estate, now he wants me!

[In which Madam Mariana travels back to Moscow, 1543, to help the lovely Russian noblewoman, Darya Petrovna, avoid her cousin Igor’s grasping ways: He got her daddy’s estate, and now… Continue reading How to not marry Igor, or, He got the estate, now he wants me!