Book 1 of The Reeves of Reeves Hall
My Captive Duchess
She took one wrong turn. Now her grumpy neighbour can’t let her leave.
A steamy Regency romance with a sci-fi twist: a grumpy hero with a secret, a duchess who won’t be told what to do, and a Cornish manor neither will give up.
- Forced proximity
- Grumpy / sunshine
- Enemies to lovers
- Slow-burn steam
- Jane Eyre vibes
- Sci-fi twist
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- StandaloneBook 1 of a complete 4-book series
- Cornwall, 1800sWith a sci-fi twist
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What if your grumpy neighbour is hiding more than just a dark past?
Widowed and nearly destitute, Jane, Duchess of Coleford, has one asset left: a crumbling Cornish manor she’s never seen. It’s meant to be her fresh start—until her hostile neighbour makes it clear he wants her gone.
Brook Reeves is infuriatingly arrogant, impossibly handsome, and determined to buy her out. Jane refuses on principle. She needs this house. She needs her independence. And she certainly doesn’t need to feel so alive under the intensity of his scowling attention.
But when an unexpected crisis forces Jane inside the gates of Reeves Hall, she stumbles upon something impossible—a secret Brook and his family have guarded at all costs.
Now he cannot let her leave… She is his captive duchess.
But as days turn to weeks in forced proximity, the walls between them begin to crumble. Jane sees beyond his scowling exterior to the truth beneath. And Brook discovers that the greatest threat to his family’s secret might be losing his heart to the one woman he was never supposed to keep.
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Is this your kind of romance?
You’ll love it if you like
- Grumpy heroes who are soft underneath
- Being trapped together with someone you’re supposed to dislike
- Heroines who argue back and win
- Steam that builds slowly and pays off
- Historical romance with something genuinely different
It may not be for you if you want
- A strictly traditional Regency with nothing speculative in it
- Instant love with no conflict on the way
Yes, the hero is literally out of this world. Expect candlelit manners and a Cornish manor on the surface, and a family with very unusual technology behind the gates of Reeves Hall.
What readers are saying
“The most fascinating story I have read in a long while… wrapping technology with 1800’s England and the Grumpy/Sunshine is a genre I absolutely adore… All in all, a wonderful read!”
“Honestly this is one of the best historical romances I’ve read, and I’ve read many. Very creative plot, great character development and plenty of passion!”
“I adore both Regency and Sci-Fi, but never expected to see a combination of my two favorites! Well done!”
“Riveting and gripping story right from the start right up until the nicely wrapping-it-all-up HEA. I am now a huge fan of this blended genre style.”
“I couldn’t put this book down! It was a good story with steam and great characters.”
“This one is so different and special… Rush and get your copy, you will not be disappointed.”
From Chapter 7: the light on the wall
I am nearly at the door, when something strange catches my eyes. On the far wall, at waist height, a curious light is flashing green and then red.
My pulse quickens nervously. Some instinct makes me want to run far away from it. And yet, contrary as ever, I find myself walking to the far side of the room, wanting to know what it could be. I reach the wall with the flashing light and stare at it in bewilderment. It is a small square of light, no more than two inches in length, flashing so rapidly that I can barely make out when it is green or when it is red. I stare at it for several moments, trying to make sense of what I see. There is no candle there, no lamp. Could it be a glass panel enclosing some hollow space in which a candle is flickering? How very odd.
I reach out my fingers to touch it then jump back in fright. At my touch, a buzzing energy had flooded my fingers with a tingling warmth. I shake out my hand, still feeling a tingling sensation in the tips of my fingers. What in great heavens is this? After a while, my curiosity gets the better of me, and I reach out my hand once more, feeling that curious buzzing warmth on my fingers.
“Just what do you think you are doing?” booms a voice behind me.
I pull away quickly from the wall and turn in trepidation to face Brook Reeves. He stands at the threshold, the light from the corridor casting his great hulking frame in an ominous shadow.
“I—I, nothing,” I say, stumbling on my words. “I took a wrong turn on my way back from the retiring room.”
“Come away from there,” he barks furiously.
On unsteady legs, I make my way to him. He takes my hand and places it firmly on his arm, hurrying me away from the room with the curious flashing light.
“W—what was that in there?” I ask breathlessly.
“Nothing that should concern you,” he responds, his tone brusque. He marches me down the corridor but stops abruptly as we reach the drawing room door. Turning to me, his face cast in the grimmest of scowls, he grits out, “If you know what is good for you, little Duchess, you will put whatever you saw in there from your mind. My house is none of your business.”
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