by Samuel Shellabarger
Read this one many many years ago when I was a teenager and loved it. I think it was the one that started my love for historical romance (because that's what it is, even though the book is mainly about the hero Andrea and his sidekick Mario). Would love to read it again!
An incredible swashbuckler in which the hero has just about no use for honor, honesty, or anything of the sort. He gets by on his wits at the dawn of the renaissance, and though he can fight just fine, he detests being dragged into one.I read a library copy years back, but finally got a copy for mys...