THE SAILOR PRINCE SERIES

THE SEA CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER
BOOK ONE

He left Windsor an innocent child. The sea would make him a man… and test the depths of his soul. In a world ruled by power, passion, and obsession, can a boy survive the storms?

Queen Victoria’s scholarly second son, Affie, loves family, art, technology – and most of all, the sea.
Rejecting his German destiny, he embarks on a voyage to the unforgiving decks of the Royal Navy.
But undreamed worlds await him: those of psychological manipulation, politics and forbidden desires that culminate into a passionate affair which history denies.

Wrestling with power, obsession, and the seductions of those who shape his world, Affie must learn to navigate family loyalties, Royal ceremony and a Navy caught between eras, as wood yields to iron and sail to steam.

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THE RIVAL COURTS SERIES

UNDER HIS SPELL

When Prince Fritz of Prussia visits England in 1851, he steps into a world unlike his own: warm, informal, and full of ideals.

Amid the marvels of the Great Exhibition, he forms a bond of intellect with Queen Victoria's eldest daughter, the curious and talented Princess Vicky.

Years later, their bond, formed in innocence, grows into one of history's most passionate royal marriages, but danger lurks nearby. Fritz's ambitious uncle, Prince Karl, has different dreams for his country. Determined to crush those he cannot seduce, he wields dark powers from the shadows behind the throne.

Through the years, Vicky and Fritz face loss, endure the harrowing birth of their first child - the future Kaiser Wilhelm II - and find the courage to rebuild their love after the unimaginable.

Rather than tracing Bismarck's rise to power, Under His Spell reveals an untold side of German history through Vicky and Fritz's ideals, hopes, and struggles.

Fans of Clare McHugh's A Most English Princess, Theresa Sherman's The Royal Mob, and Daisy Goodwin's Victoria will be captivated by this historically and emotionally rich opening to The Rival Courts saga.

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UNDER A CLOUD

From acclaimed Victorian historical author, Luv Lubker, the author of "Under His Spell" comes the continuing romance of the Princess Royal Victoria and Frederick III of Prussia.

Vicky's father, Albert, the Prince Consort, has just died, leaving her and her family under a heavy cloud of grief, without their dearest friend and advisor, at a most critical time: The political horizon grows dark with storm clouds at the entry of Bismarck to Germany's political stage in 1862.Will Fritz's courage stand the test as he confronts the spider in its web? Is Prussia really fighting for the rights of the Schleswig people, or is so much blood being shed for the sake of Prussia's aggrandizement? Join Vicky and Fritz on their journeys under the blue cloudless skies of the Mediterranean to the peaceful heather-clad hills of the Highlands of Scotland; to the burning heat of the North African desert to the raging blizzards of a winter war in Denmark. When Vicky's closest friend disappears, will she be able to keep the secret? Will old enemies prove to be friends, and old friends prove to be enemies?

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UNDER A SWORD

The continuing love story between the Princess Royal Victoria and Fritz Wilhelm, Frederick III of Prussia.

BOOK EXCERPT

But we were not the only human creatures in this room. On the other end of the sofa where the little girls sat was a little creature with big eyes – my big eyes except for the color – staring out knowingly at the world as I used to do.

Dear beautiful Baby – beautiful in spite of red hair and green eyes which speak so plainly of your heritage from Großpapa – I shall never know what you grow up to be, never hear of you again in our common lives. But I shall dream of you, dream I know how you grow and develop each day. You’ll never be a stranger to me, only I won’t know what you do with yourself, or if you still share this beautiful, cruel world with me.

Sometimes I think you will dream of me, too, perhaps? But why would you, dear Baby? But when I look into your eyes – I know, I know! I dream of many things which no one believes I could possibly remember, from when I was your contemporary (I don’t think that’s the right word).

How I wish you could share all these loves with me, but I will never again see your dear eyes light up as I place a rose – stripped, of course, of its thorns – in your dear baby hands, and hear your dear baby laugh. But my love goes with you, out into the beautiful world.