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Years later, his return to England ignites a shocking reunion and an undeniable spark.

Antigone Sprague, the spirited daughter of a gentleman scholar, has no patience for arrogant lords. So when she meets the reserved and bitingly clever Lord Michael Northram, she’s immediately put off by his condescending manner. She has no idea that he is utterly captivated.

Tongue-tied and overwhelmed by a passion he doesn’t understand, Michael can only confess his feelings in secret poems never meant to see the light of day. But when Antigone begins receiving those very poems from a charming and ambitious suitor, she believes she’s found the man who understands her soul. Believing he has lost her forever, a heartbroken Michael accepts a diplomatic mission to America, unaware that the woman he loves has actually fallen for his words.

Years later, his return to England ignites a shocking reunion and an undeniable spark. But their second chance is built on a foundation of lies. When the truth of the letters emerges, it exposes a scheme of shocking deception, and her spurned suitor reveals a desperate and dangerous side, threatening her very freedom. To win her trust, Michael must finally bridge the gap between the poet on the page and the man by her side, proving he is the hero she’s always deserved.

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“I am so unmoored, Michael, I need that. I need a fixed point.”

I’ll be your fixed point. The words eluded him, so he did the only he thing that entered his mind in that moment. He kissed her.

The kiss the day before had been full of promise, something beautiful and new. But this kiss was desperate, full of passion and an urgency he couldn’t control. If she had been tentative before, she was anything but cautious now, meeting him kiss for kiss with a need that matched his own. She whispered his name against his lips and the vibrations echoed throughout his entire being, and he pulled back gasping.

Suddenly, Michael felt the worst sort of cad. She had just shared an earth-shaking revelation in her life, and he had responded with his basest urges.

“Forgive me.” He rasped against her mouth.

In response, she kissed him again, wrapping her arms around him. Somehow, she was kneeling on the floor with him, and they were wrapped up together. He pulled away again.

“Annie. Antigone. I cannot take advantage of your distress.”

She bit her lip and his blood fired. “Michael, I want to live in this moment. I want this. This is my fixed point.” She looked up at him, her eyes uncertain. “Is this what you want?”

That she even had to ask. “By George, yes.” He murmured as his lips locked on hers again.

David, Lord Grayston, wakes up in a Crimean War hospital unable to move anything below his waist. Keeping him going through this ordeal is a chance meeting with Elena, a Balkan refugee who has been nursing wounded soldiers. To save her from the battlefield, David impulsively offers Elena a marriage-of-convenience. He promptly weds her, and then leaves her in England while seeking treatment abroad for his condition

After a challenging recovery, David returns to see if they can have a true marriage. Yet he finds Elena is not the woman he left behind; she has forged a life in London despite being an outsider. Although Elena’s experiences of war have left her untrusting of men, the two eventually give in to an intense attraction. When the past returns to haunt Elena, they find that their marriage may have grown far beyond a marriage-of-convenience, if only Elena can let him in.

Anna Valleria writes historical romance that is sweet with steam. Her stories have been praised for their rich, realistic tone and aching romanticism, reminiscent of classic romance novels. She crafts deeply layered characters, like the honorable heroes and resilient heroines in her Victorian Historical Rogues Fall First series, that will remind you why you fell in love with romance in the first place. Anna was also a runner-up in Dragonblade Publishing's 2024 "Write Track" Writing Contest, soon to be seen in the Tales of Timeless Love Vol. 4.

A lifelong lover of coffee and writing in cafes, she finds inspiration in the historic city that she lives in.

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Novella connected to the Baron Takes a Wife, first in Rogues Fall First series.

Little did Dan know that when he went out to a fight one fateful night that he would be sent back to Ireland by the next morning, leaving his love Annamaria in London with no word.

Three years later, Dan finally returns to claim the woman he never stopped loving, but finds that not only does she now hate him but she has a little girl whose eyes match his.

Annamaria struggled to survive and rebuild her life after losing Dan without a word. Now that he has returned, can she trust him with her heart again? When Dan is threatened by a sinister government official, Dan must put aside his pride and trust in Annamaria to fight for their small family and their future.