Some stories are part of a grand narrative. Some are small, insular, intimate. But no less deserving to be told. Collected here are several short stories from both Verona and the world outside its walls - Vicenza, Padua, Venice, and Avignon. These pieces of the acclaimed Star-Cross'd series, taken together, form a tapestry of life, love, and longing in early Renaissance Italy. These stories have at their heart the false faces people wear to hide their...