Cecilia

by Diana Khalil

The year is 1492. The time period, the Spanish Inquisition. The last great city held by the Moors is on the brink of collapse. Cecilia, the only child of Captain Alexander Coronado, is sent to the renowned silk merchants of Granada to have a dress made for the royal ball. She is introduced to Talib, a silk merchant with the bronze colored skin and moon lit eyes. Despite her father’s rhetoric that he is a man to hate, she has an instant attraction to him. Barriers are broken and attraction becomes love. She now faces the wrath of an austere father that swears to kill him and a country that breeds hate, prejudice, and pride. Cecilia must decide if love to keep him outweighs the love to let him go.

357 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 20, 2019

About the author

Diana Khalil was born in the small town of Port Arthur, Texas. Before entering college, she met her husband in Canada while visiting family. On a trip to Banff, she recalls how he almost fell off a mountain trying to capture her attention. It was then she knew he was the one. Together, they raised five children, three who entered medical school. Today, she is still in Southeast Texas where she lives with her husband, children, three cats, a dog, and a twenty-year-old tarantula.

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