Description
<p>(Book 1)<br />Betrayed by the woman he loved and on the verge of destitution, artist Jonathan Martinez channels his anguish and rage into what will become his greatest masterpiece—Passion and Betrayal. The painting, critically acclaimed, ushers him into the world of fine art and allows him to realize his dreams. Stepping out of the shadows, he transforms into Phillipe, a wealthy artist and sought-after bachelor who enjoys an extravagant lifestyle—including his pick of any woman he desires.<br /><br />But when Phillipe least expects, the woman who almost destroyed him returns on the arm of his agent. Despite his anger, she awakens the part of his soul he entombed long ago. The part of him that can never forget her, no matter how deeply he buries himself in his art.<br /><br />With everything he's accomplished at stake, can Phillipe overpower the demons that haunt him and learn to love again? Or will his heart remain a shattered work of art that can never be restored?</p>
Story Behind The Book
Ambasadora was Heidi Ruby Miller's thesis novel for the Seton Hill University Writing Popular Fiction Graduate Program. It is the first of a series taking place in the Ambasadora-verse.
Reviews
AMBASADORA has a lot to say about the human spirit, and it says it well.<br />--Mike Resnick, Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author<br /><br /><span>With
an anthropologist's eye for world building and an engaging fast-paced
style, Miller hurtles her characters through a dystopian labyrinth in
which hollow beauty is revered and love a virtual crime.<br /></span>--Christopher Paul Carey, THE SONG OF KWASIN<br /><br />Beautifully vibrant and intricately textured, Heidi Ruby Miller's
AMBASADORA explores the value of true humanity, the limitless power of
desire and the triumph of the individual soul. Miller's characters blaze
with life and lust and depth, and her world is a dichotomy of the
glamorously sensual and the brutally dangerous. Amidst edge-of-the-seat
action, Miller effortlessly incorporates the conflicts of the modern
woman inherent in upholding feminist sensibility. AMBASADORA is a
banquet of sumptuous words, a truly exciting adventure that fans of
science fiction are sure to enjoy.<br />--Mary SanGiovanni, author of THE HOLLOWER and THRALL