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Isabella

Enthralled: A Viking Romance

He made her his thrall, but she enthralled him

909AD. Newly widowed, Lady Eadlin of Mercia longs to claim her independence. When King Edward of England orders her to remarry for political gain, she flees to a convent—only to be captured in a Viking raid. Taken deep into the Danelaw, she finds herself under the control of a powerful enemy.

Jarl Thorolf has fought his last raid. Determined to put down his sword to farm his lands—the only path to lasting peace between Dane and Saxon. However, his latest captive may cost him dearly: the defiant novice is no mere runaway, but King Edward’s goddaughter—and he wants her back.

If Eadlin escapes, she risks falling into the king’s hands. If she stays, she risks losing her heart to the enemy.

Captivated by Lady Eadlin, Thorolf must decide whether to grant her sanctuary or return her to King Edward and prevent war between Danes and Saxons. Will he choose peace or love?

Enthralled, Book 4 in The Divided Isles Saga, is a spicy M/F romance with a happy-ever-after ending, set in England during the tenth century.

Perfect for fans of Viking romance, this is a tale of enemies to lovers, forbidden desire, and a love strong enough to challenge a king.

Find your copy here.

September 2025 Release

The Rebellious Daughter: An Ancient World Romance

Release date: September 26, 2025
Buy link: https://books2read.com/u/4D5ly7
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A romance that threatens the fragile peace between their tribes.

Britannia, AD 62. Carys, daughter of Sorcha, the chieftain of the Celtic Dun Creg clan, and Lucius, former Roman cavalry officer, longs to prove herself as a warrior. Instead, her family insists she stay out of danger training her siblings and cousins. Defying their orders, she ventures close to the border of their bitter enemies—the Dumnone—and encounters the handsome and beguiling warrior, Breock. Meeting him once isn’t enough and soon she’s falling in love with the enemy.

Breock, chieftain of the Askel Groghen clan, has one mission: avenge his father's death at the hands of the Durotriges of Dun Creg. A fragile peace treaty between the two tribes, which he mustn’t break, keeps the Roman army away—for now. Breock sees a means to achieve his revenge through Carys. But by the gods, soon he’s falling under her spell!

As passion sparks and loyalties are tested, Carys and Breock must choose between love and duty, peace and war, their pasts and a future they never imagined. Will Breock’s growing feelings for Carys overcome his life-long desire to revenge his father’s death? Will Carys heed the warnings of her clan and deny her attraction to Breock?

The Rebellious Daughter, Book 3 in The Divided Isles Saga, is a spicy, M/F romance with a happy-ever-after ending, set in Romano-Britain during the second decade of Roman control of Britannia. The story features: love at first sight, enemies to lovers, and forbidden love tropes.

The Divided Isles Saga is a multigenerational epic tracking the fierce, passionate descendants of Celtic Queen Alina. Set against the backdrop of Britain’s most turbulent eras—times of division through war, invasion, and social upheaval—this is a romance series where love must defy the tides of history.

Find your copy of The Rebellious Daughter here

July 2025 Release

Sons of Rebellion: The Celtic King's Daughter Sequel
Release date: July 25, 2025
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Britannia, 48-61AD.
Fighting Rome is easier than rescuing the women they love. Eight rebels defying the might of Rome risk their lives to rescue the women who hold their hearts. In a land invaded by Roman legions, these brothers must battle enemies, evade capture, and outwit their adversaries to reach the safety of their Celtic homeland.

Sons of Rebellion is the action-packed, emotionally charged sequel to The Celtic King’s Daughter, continuing the saga of Sorcha’s and Lucius’s family. Set during the brutal early years of Roman occupation, this sweeping tale unfolds across eight sensual M/F romances—each with a guaranteed happily ever after.

Expect:
·       Road-trip romance
·       Forced proximity
·       Forbidden love
·       Second chances
·       Love at first sight

Find your copy of Sons of Rebellion here.

March 2025 Release

The Celtic King's Daughter: an Ancient World Romance
Release date: March 28, 2025
Buy link: https://books2read.com/u/3nkge5
Ebook available from most ebook retailers.
Print version available via Amazon.

An invading army, a captured enemy, and an unexpected love.
43AD: The despised and dreaded Roman army invades Britannia, determined to crush the Celtic tribes and claim their land for Rome's empire. Sorcha is devastated when her father, the Durotriges’ king, is killed during battle against the Romans. She yearns for revenge.

Instead, when the enemy marches towards her hillfort home, intent on conquest, Sorcha is commanded to lead her clan’s women and children to safety. On the way, she captures a Roman cavalry officer and is persuaded to spare his life and hold him as a hostage.

Lucius Gallus Antonius has been raised to serve Rome. Achieving his family’s ambition to enter Rome’s senatorial class rests with him. He must prove himself as an outstanding leader to Vespasian, commander of the Second Legion, and return to Rome in glory as one of the conquerors of Britannia.

His capture jeopardizes not just his goal but also his life. Lucius must escape and rejoin the army of Vespasian, to share in its victory as it imposes the will of Rome on the barbarian Celts.

But first, Sorcha and Lucius must work together to defend the new homeland of the displaced Durotriges people as they face mounting threats from their enemies. Soon, Sorcha begins to forget that the beguiling Lucius is her enemy—while Lucius comes to admire the beautiful and indomitable Celtic woman.

Can they fight their growing attraction, or will they surrender to it? And if they yield to their desires, will the fates allow them happiness?

The Celtic King’s Daughter, book #1 of The Divided Isles Saga, is a spicy M/F romance novel featuring: enemies to lovers, forced proximity, and forbidden love tropes. Perfect for fans of historical romance, action-adventure, and lovers torn by duty and desire. For an enhanced reading experience, read Beginnings, before The Celtic King's Daughter.

Find your copy of The Celtic King's Daughter here.

January 2025 Release

Beginnings: an Ancient World Romance
Release date: January 1, 2025
Buy link: books2read.com/u/3LXaJN (FREE)

AD 22. In Albion, island of the Celts, grows a forbidden love…
Two decades before the Roman invasion of Celtic Albion, or Britannia as the Roman’s called the island off the coast of Gaul, a love is born. Alina, daughter of the chieftain of the Durotriges settlement of Dun Limen, is duty-bound to serve her tribe, so when she’s chosen as the bride of her people’s king, Arthmael of the mighty fortress of Mai Dun, she feels honoured.

Until she meets Garamaros. She didn’t expect to fall in love with a man from another tribe and of a different rank. Alina yearns for the Belgae craftsman with the muscled body of a blacksmith, the deep melodic voice of a minstrel, and a personality that charms everyone. He’s a man who possesses the artistic skills of the greatest goldsmiths of the Celtic world. A man who looks at her with hunger and cherishes her in ways she craves. A man whose touch ignites her body. Alina knows she will love no other man as she loves him.

Garamaros is the son of a druidess and a Belgae blacksmith. He’s been accepted by the Durotriges tribe and has found acclaim as a master goldsmith. When he falls in love with Alina, his only desire is to fulfil all her dreams for the rest of his life, but that’s impossible because she promised to the King of the Durotriges.
Alina must marry her people’s king, forsaking the man she loves. Accepting that Alina is lost to him, Garamaros vows to protect her from afar.

Will their love affair end in life-long despair or will they find a happy ending?

Beginnings is the prequel to The Divided Isles Saga. This novella is a spicy M/F love story featuring: love at first sight and forbidden love tropes.

Find your free copy of Beginnings here.

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UPCOMING TITLES:

Regency Romance:
An Earl for Elizabeth (Oxford Friends book 4) - currently writing. 50% written. Proposed release date is Valentine's Day 2026.

The Divided Isles Saga:
~English Civil Wars Era Series~
Charity’s Cavalier (Book 6) (2026 release date tba) - with my editor.