Gemini Hearts

She had been promised a respectable marriage. Nobody had warned her how right the wrong man could be.



High above the clouds, where islands drift beneath the stars and ancient kingdoms lie buried beneath the earth, Anne De'mond is on the verge of the discovery of a lifetime.

The lost Temple of the Gemini Kings is finally within her reach. For a woman who has fought to have her brilliance recognised, nothing could be more intoxicating.

Until tea with Thomas Belvedere.

Handsome, clever and dangerously attentive, the engineer has an unfortunate talent for making Anne forget herself. A lingering glance across the excavation. His fingers accidentally brushing her skin. The warmth of his breath as he leans over her shoulder to admire her work.

Such innocent little things, and yet she finds herself longing for far more than his admiration.

There is, of course, the rather inconvenient matter of their engagements.

Anne is promised to Nathaniel Thorpe, a gentleman whose charming manners conceal a man who considers her ambitions an inconvenience and her refusals a challenge. Thomas, meanwhile, is promised to one of her oldest friends.

Neither has any business yearning for the other.

But desire is a troublesome thing, particularly when the object of one's affection seems equally incapable of resisting it.

As Anne unearths the secrets of the Gemini Kings, every stolen glance and lingering touch threatens the respectable future arranged for her. Thomas offers something far more dangerous than temptation: the possibility of being loved for the very qualities society would rather she surrender.

For what good is a life lived properly, if she must spend every night dreaming of the one man she cannot touch?

Gemini Hearts is a sensual steampunk fantasy romance novella of forbidden love, slow-burning yearning, ancient mysteries and a clever, capable woman determined to choose her own future.

Some treasures are worth uncovering. Others are worth risking everything to possess.