Love's Golden Circle — Margaret Maitland

Wise beyond her years, the young Princess Cornelia resolved to devote her passionate energies to the welfare of her kingdom.

But she had reckoned without the handsome Assyrian Prince Kenkenes, whose arrival in Memphis awakened Cornelia's heart. He was the only man she would ever love, and she could never be his wife.

A goddess to her people, Queen Core3lia was also a warmly loving woman, who mounted an incredible deception to keep her love a secret from the eyes of the world.

But even Cornelia could not foresee the danger that lay ahead for her kingdom, her beloved - and herself.