The Saint's Mistress

By: Kathryn Bashaar

Narrated by: Sarah Palmero

Told against the fourth-century backdrop of the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity, The Saint's Mistress breathes life into the previously untold story of Saint Augustine and his mistress.

Defying social norms and traditions, Roman aristocrat Aurelius Augustinus falls in love with Leona, a North African peasant. Leona comes into conflict with Aurelius' mother Monnica, his powerful patron Urbanus, and the Empire itself, in her fight to keep her family together and win legitimacy for her son. When Monnica and Urbanus succeed in separating Leona from her son and securing a more suitable fiancée for Aurelius, Leona commits herself to the church.

When many years later Leona and Aurelius, now Bishop Augustine, meet again, old passions reignite, perennial feuds smolder, and the fate of the Roman Empire in North Africa hangs in the balance.

©2020 Kathryn Bashaar (P)2021 CamCat Publishing

Wonderful Historical Fiction

This is a well-told fictional story about the most important woman in St. Augustine’s life (aside from his mother, Monica). Kathryn Bashaar writes time-period details beautifully, transporting the reader to ancient times. There’s love, hate, war, travel, fear and hope woven throughout the story. Beautiful story!