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At your pleasure
400 pages
A shadowy, high-stakes dance of political intrigue and fierce, reluctant desire.
What it feels like
Reading this historical romance feels like stepping into a shadowy, candlelit world where every glance is a weapon and every touch is a risk. The atmosphere is thick with political tension and the constant, thrumming threat of discovery, wrapping the reader in a perilous, high-stakes embrace. It moves at a brisk, urgent pace, driven not just by the external dangers of rebellion and espionage, but by the crackling, enemies-to-lovers friction between two fiercely intelligent people on opposite sides of a war. The prose is lush and emotionally charged, elevating the captive-captor dynamic into a profound exploration of duty, trust, and redemption. It is a perfect match for readers who want their historical romance laced with genuine danger, sharp wits, and a love story that feels hard-won and desperately passionate.
- Mood
- tense
- shadowy
- perilous
- swoony
- Tone
- intense
- passionate
- dramatic
- earnest
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- enemies to lovers · duty versus desire · political intrigue · redemption through love · high-stakes survival
- The writing
- Lush, emotionally charged, and sharply intelligent, balancing historical grit with sweeping romanticism.
- The arc
- Moves from bitter, suspicious antagonism to a desperate, life-altering devotion forged in the crucible of war.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave high-stakes historical romance where political danger and fierce, enemies-to-lovers tension collide.
Content notes
- violence
- captivity
- war themes
- political betrayal
About the book
Glittering court socialites and underworld cutpurses alike know that Adrian Ferrers, Earl of Rivenham, is the most dangerous man in London. Rivenham will let nothing—not the deepening shadow of war, nor the growing darkness within him—interfere with his ambition to restore his family to its former glory. But when tasked by the king to uncover a traitor, he discovers instead a conspiracy—and a woman whose courage awakens terrible temptations. To save her is to risk everything. To love her might cost his life.
At swordpoint she defies him...
Lady Leonora knows that Rivenham is the devil in beautiful disguise— and that the irresistible tension between them is as unpredictable as the dilemma in which Nora finds herself: held hostage on her own estate by Rivenham and the king's men. But when war breaks out, Nora has no choice but to place her trust in her dearest enemy—and pray that love does not become the weapon that destroys them both.
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