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 work taken seriously, nothing could be more intoxicating.Until tea with Thomas Belvedere.Handsome, clever and far too attentive for her reserved nature, 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 when he leans over her shoulder to view her work. Such innocent little things, and yet she finds herself imagining all the thoroughly improper temptations he stirs within her.There is, of course, the rather inconvenient matter of their engagements.Anne is promised to Nathaniel Thorpe, a gentleman whose charming manners conceal a far less agreeable nature. He has an unfortunate habit of treating her refusals as challenges and her ambitions as irritating distractions from her duties as his future wife. Thomas, meanwhile, is promised to one of Anne's oldest friends.Their futures have already been decided, their places in society neatly arranged. 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 uncovers the secrets of two ancient kings and the extraordinary love they shared, she begins to question everything she has been taught about duty, desire and the price of being a respectable woman.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 filled with forbidden longing, stolen kisses, ancient mysteries and the delicious agony of wanting what one ought not to have.Some treasures are worth uncovering. Others are worth risking everything to possess.