I was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and raised in the Bronx and Chester, New York. After college in VT, I worked in retail management, public relations, advertising, sales, marketing and traveled all over the Caribbean, Panama Canal, Alaska and Italy. My tour of Italy took me to Rome, Naples, Herculaneum and Pompeii where I first experienced the ancient Roman culture. For nine years, I ran an Internet dating service and was an Internet and website design and marketing consultant. I wrote several articles on romance and single living for the Web and spoke at several Christian singles groups in Florida. I have published articles in The Christian Courier, Entertainment News & Views, Florida Today and several newsletters. I have finished my first novel and screenplay and am working on a second book.

Deo Volente! (If it’s God’s Will): Love in the First Century, is the story of Claudia, the daughter of the magistrate of Puteoli, Italy in 69 A.D. Claudia attends a clandestine meeting of the first Christian church where she meets and subsequently falls in love with Anthony, the son of a local merchant, and a leader in the church. She is in love with Anthony, but she is betrothed to an older man her father arranged for her to marry; she is from a rich, noble family and Anthony is from the working class; she becomes a Christian and her family worships the Roman gods.

This is the first in The Christian Centuries series. Each one takes place in subsequent centuries at pivotal points in Christian history. While it captures the attention of the reader in a moving story and historical fact, it defines all aspects of love—not just the love between a man and a woman, or the love of family, but also God’s love for all people and the church.

To learn more and to get on the email list to be informed as to when it will be published, go to: http://www.giselleaguiar.com

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