AMIDST AN IMPENDING future, a love story unfolds. Roman Pavlovitch, a Russian Imperial Guard, and Kira Maria Valentina Aleksandrovna, an aristocrat, find their hearts entwined despite her family's disapproval and an unscrupulous outlier. Will their love be strong enough to withstand political upheaval, social unrest, a world war, and the horror of civil war as their way of life crumbles around them?

Roman and Kira is the prequel to the Red Asscher series. It chronicles the lives of Anya Pavlovitch's parents. It's a sweeping story that will carry the reader on an epic journey from the turn-of-the-century Saint Petersburg to the refugee-filled city of Shanghai.