Hello lovely ARC team!

So, I'm releasing a surprise book in few weeks!

It's a surprise to me, too. Really didn't see this one coming, but it kind of possessed me for a little bit, and when I realized it was a perfect halloween fit, I decided to do the crazy thing and get it out into readers hands just in time for spooky season.

It is a Gaslamp fantasy. For anyone not familiar with the genre, Gaslamp fantasy is set in a recognizable historical moment, like Regency or Victorian. Think Amanda Quick's Arcane books or Tracy Sumner's League of Lords series.

The book I'm releasing, Til Death Duke Us Part is a novella and part of my new Victorian Romantasy series called Alchemy of Desire.

It's Victorian romance with magical blacksmiths, love potions, glamours and enchanted wedding rings. If you've read my novella in the How the Belle Stole Christmas Anthology, Naughty for Sir Nicholas, you've already been introduced to this new world and series. The hero of Til Death Duke Us Part is Jane's brother!

She digs graves. He robs them. But can he steal her heart? 

Widowed Persephone Graves seeks forgiveness. She clings to the edges of poverty, digging graves to keep off the streets. And to atone. Her husband’s death was her fault, and she’ll somehow make it right one shovelful of soil at a time.

The Duke of Morington needs money. And he knows just where to get it. The tombs in the alchemist cemetery hold treasures–the final inventions of dead alchemists. Selling one or two to the highest-bidding investor will revive his family’s depleted coffers.

When a dirt-covered, trousers-clad Persephone tries to stop him from pillaging the graves, he ignores her sharp wit and the curves hiding beneath her man’s shirt. Until he needs her. Only Persephone can open the alchemist tombs. And perhaps only she can change a thief’s coal-black heart to gold.

From London to Manchester, two unlikely partners in crime fight, kiss, laugh, make magic, and--if they can dig each other out of loneliness--fall in love.

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If magic isn't your preference, that's fine! But for those of you who like a magical historical romance romp, and who would like to receive an ARC of Til Death Duke Us Part, you can grab your copy here!

It's not been proofread yet; there will be typos; I'm happy to hear about them! The cover is also going to change a bit. It's currently with a graphic designer who is putting text on it in a more professional way than I can do myself. Just FYI.

And if you'd like some images to share on socials during the release day / week, let me know, and I'm happy to share them with you!

Okay! That's it! I really love Victor and Persephone, and I hope you do too!

Happy reading!

Charlie