The God of Love

'The God of Love' is a romance novel by the author, historian and member of the UK house of commons, Justin Huntley McCarthy. It is set in the city of Florence. Lappenterius and Dante are two young men in the city hoping to be lucky in love though at first Dante seems uninterested in the matter. But after he sees an apparition of the god of love, he encounters the fair Monna Beatrice Portinari, who is his childhood friend. Dante is smitten and pursues her. But this does not sit well with Messer Simone dei Bardi, Beatrice's fiancé and a fierce soldier of no mean repute.