“The Secret Language of Women” by Nina Romano – Daggers in the Heart of Fate

While love isn't something we can ever hope to truly understand, there are wiser folk such as Nina Romano who might be a bit closer to the truth by virtue of their life experience. In The Secret Language of Women she puts all of it to good use as she kicks off the Wayfarer Trilogy , transporting us to the very end of the 19th century in China. We are introduced to a Eurasian healer and an Italian sailor whose love for each other is consistently thwarted by the chains of duty and fate amidst the violent Boxer Rebellion.