“Aristocrat Lucianos falls for gladiator Dominatos, risking everything for forbidden love amid deadly arena battles.”
Bowing to Love: The Noble and the Gladiator
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Aristocrat Lucianos falls for gladiator Dominatos, risking everything for forbidden love amid deadly arena battles.
Lucianos is the head of a prestigious aristocratic family. Though considered quite beautiful, he is seen as socially awkward and unfriendly—which suits him just fine. Everything changes when his life is saved by the handsome gladiator known as Dominatos. Suddenly, Lucianos is filled with feelings he's never experienced before! Lucianos throws money at the man and meets him for secret trysts, knowing their social status further complicates matters. But when Dominatos decides to fight the emperor's favorite gladiator, will Lucianos lose the only man he's ever loved, or does fate have other plans? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
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A Light novel Publication
- Format 1 vol ch × vol
- Published Sep 2017 – ongoing
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M77390 catalog