Immortal Rose

Viola Lockwood belongs to House Rosebourne by blood but not by law. The old family blends magic into fragrance, a gift inherited from a fairy ancestor, and its scents can bend a person's mind, body and feelings. As the illegitimate heir, Viola has been shut out of the legacy that should have been hers.

An attempt on the king's life leaves the kingdom of Albion open to a coup. Hugh Thornton, the royal spymaster, needs Immortal Rose, a perfume only Viola can make, to save the king.

Hugh is also the silver-eyed aristocrat who had her jailed to force her cooperation, and she has not forgiven him. She agrees anyway, on her own terms: she makes the perfume, and in return she takes the life and fortune she was denied.

The search for the perfume's missing fairy ingredient pulls the two of them into the kingdom's criminal underside. Along the way come deceit, heists and attempts on their lives, and an attraction neither can deny keeps growing between them.

This adult romantasy is set in a Regency-inspired world where scent carries power. The romance is a slow burn, and the plot builds toward a dark secret at the center of the kingdom.