Onboard ship to the 1879 Sydney and Melbourne 1880 Expos, consultants Jed and Marie meet Robert and Jane. Discussing issues on women’s rights sparks tension and a clash with Robert’s traditional values. Yet Jed has a hint that something else is amiss.

While Jed and Marie excitedly move forward with their part in the expo, little do they know a dark plot is unfolding. Counter-agents are set on sabotaging the Expo, coming up with some very creative ideas! The targets? Jed and Marie. As the danger escalates, Robert becomes an unwitting pawn, leading to a cliff-edge confrontation that will change everything.

Using all his skills, Jed averts disaster, saving the Expo but leaving unfortunate consequences.

Will Jed confront his feelings and declare his love for Marie? Will he be forced to return to Venus, never to work on Earth again?

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They never expected a tug of war over a book to end in love.

Lady Marigold is the last of the Earl of Pomeroy’s three daughters to be married off. Although when she was younger, Marigold had dreamed of love and marriage, since then she has never found a man as intelligent as she is or who treats her like more than a feather-headed piece of fluff. The single state is fine for her.

Jonathan, Lord Stanley, belongs to the same elite book club as Lady Marigold, who annoys him to no end. Although pretty and friendly, in his esteemed opinion, she is nothing more than a nonsensical chit who doesn’t deserve membership in their exclusive club.

When they both appear at an estate sale and attempt to buy the same journal of a deceased member, a man well-respected in the science community, a tug of war begins.

The battle for the book throws them into murder, danger—and passion. Something neither of them expected…