by Paula Quinn
First published 2025
Fable Ramsey scrapes by on New York's streets when a stranger with a sword and glowing sapphire pocket watch appears from nowhere. She grabs for the timepiece and finds herself transported to 1718 England, where powdered wigs and social rules replace the urban dangers she knows. Benjamin West, Duke of Colchester, discovers this strange woman unconscious in his garden. A battle-hardened soldier turned reluctant nobleman, Ben has buried his emotions under duty and discipline. Fable's bold speech and defiant manner clash with everything his ordered world demands, yet she awakens protective instincts he thought were dead. While Fable desperately seeks a path home to her own century, Ben fights his growing attraction to this impossible woman. The pocket watch may hold the secret to her return, but enemies from Fable's time have followed her into the past. As danger closes in from both eras, Fable and Ben must choose between the lives they knew and a love that spans three centuries.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, adventure, fantasy
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water
Setting: New York, England
Period: 1718, 21st Century
278 pages · Paperback · Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.