Jf Ridgley: 6 books

Viciria is an actual person who lived. She’s real and her son—Marcus Nonius Balbus—actually became the ‘first citizen’ of Herculaneum. Before this wealthy resort city was buried by Vesuvius in A.D. 79, she is known as The Witch. At title well earned for sure. But why? What could happen in...

Amid pirates, godfathers, and forbidden love, vows of revenge are made in the unforgiving world of ancient Rome. Aelia Sabina, a patrician’s daughter, and Martino Lucianus Drusus- a simple plebe rise like phoenixes from the ashes of their lives. Aelia’s abusive husband vows to finally destroy...

Camulodunum Londinium VerulaneumThree town writhe under Boudica’s wrath as she leads her Iceni warriors on intent on destroying all things Roman – be it Roman temples, Roman villas, or entire families sympathic to Rome.At stake is the Roman consul’s reputation. Will Suetonius Paullinus be able...

Birth of a Bully is not a pleasant story, because no babe was ever born a bully. It is learned. Bullying is not pleasant, nor good, nor right. It is mean and cruel and still exists everywhere in the world. Just ask young Cassius Gullus about bullying. He knows all this, but what is a boy to do when...

Proverb "Just when the caterpillar thought the world was coming to an end, she changed into a butterfly." A dangerous butterfly...Ravaged by Rome, Morrigan turns her fear into revenge and now it is Rome who should fear her. Rome's taxcollecter Decianus Catus intrudes on Morrigan's father's...

Messalina Claudia and Marcus Galerius Alexius,desperately search for Messallna's friend, Nonia Rosa But this pursuit uncovers the political underbelly of greed, lust and violence from the first citizens in the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum. Messi and Alexius risk everything-- their famiies’s...