What would you sacrifice for a love that shouldn't exist?

SADE:

I'm not supposed to be here.

One minute I'm in my Bath hotel room in 2025, the next I'm crashing through time into 1815 England with nothing but a laptop bag and a racing heart. No way home. No plan. And absolutely no idea how to explain to Regency society why a Black American woman just appeared out of nowhere speaking like she's from another world.

Because I am.

Then HE finds me. Sebastian Ashworth, Duke of Thornwood. Cold grey eyes. Devastating smile. The kind of dangerous that makes smart women do stupid things. He offers me protection, a fake engagement, a place in his world.

I should say no. I should focus on finding the music box that brought me here, on getting back to my real life before someone discovers my secret. Before they find my phone. My manuscript. Before they realize I know things about their future that could destroy everything.

The portal opens tonight. Under the full moon. One chance to return to 2025.

Or one chance to stay with the man who's made me believe in destiny.

SEBASTIAN:

I don't believe in fate. I stopped believing in magic the day I buried my sister.

Then Sade Oyelaran literally falls into my garden, speaking strangely, moving like no lady I've ever seen, looking at me like she can see straight through the walls I've built around my heart. She's hiding something. I know she's hiding something.

I should send her away. Instead, I offer her a bargainHer secrets are bigger than I imagined. A glowing music box. Pages from a manuscript that describe the future.

I should be terrified. I should call her a witch and walk away. Instead, I'm falling. Falling harder than I've ever fallen for anyone. When she's in my arms, nothing else matters. But someone's discovered her secret. Someone's threatening to expose her. And tonight, the portal that brought her here opens again.

She has to choose: her world or mine. Her time or me.