Emma V. Leech

She left to save him but some hearts never stop choosing each other.
A Sweeping, Emotional Victorian romance from Best Selling Author Emma V Leech
Agatha de Montluc’s life is a fairytale — or so everyone believes. Once a starving pickpocket in the rookery, she was saved from the gallows by the Comte de Villen, who saw in her a reflection of his own dark past. Now Aggie is a lady, cherished by her adopted family, surrounded by loyal friends, and living in comfort she never dreamed possible.

And then there is Fred.

Lord Frederick Adolphus is everything Aggie is not — titled, wealthy, adored, and the kindest man she has ever known. He has been her friend, her champion, her secret heart’s desire since childhood. But when Aggie learns the cruel truth whispered behind her back — that a girl born in squalor can never marry a duke’s son — she makes the hardest choice of her life.

She leaves him.

Fred’s world shatters the moment Aggie disappears. Her brief note destroys him, leaving him furious, heartbroken, and determined to find her… until she vanishes so completely that even he must give up hope.

Five years later, Aggie has built a new life in France — hidden, quiet, and far from the people she loves. Her only companion is the Marquess of Kilbane, her best friend’s estranged husband, with whom she shares an uneasy truce and a mutual desire to forget England. But when Kilbane’s reckless behaviour threatens to ruin him forever, Aggie cannot stand by. For her friend’s sake, she steps in.

And her path leads straight back to England.
Straight back to danger.
Straight back to Fred.

Thrown together once more, Aggie and Fred collide in a storm of longing, anger, heartbreak, and undeniable love. Fred refuses to lose her again. Aggie refuses to believe she deserves him. And the world that once tore them apart is waiting to do so again.

But this time, Fred Adolphus is not letting her out of his sight.
Not for duty.
Not for society.
Not even for her own misguided sense of sacrifice.

Some love stories begin with a dare.
Theirs begins with the truth.