Daughters of the Empire Series by Suzette Hollingsworth, Fiona Jayde, Clint Hollingsworth

A closet Victorian psychic is outcasted when she has a vision at her presentation ball. Fleeing to foreign lands, she encounters the last person she wants to see: the dark lord of her vision. Miss Alita Stanton's presentation to society at the Queen's Ball in Buckingham Palace ends in ruination. While on the ballroom floor she is involuntarily possessed by a prophetic trance revealing the powerful Black Panther dying on a desultory foreign battlefield... moreA closet Victorian psychic is outcasted when she has a vision at her presentation ball. Fleeing to foreign lands, she encounters the last person she wants to see: the dark lord of her vision. Miss Alita Stanton's presentation to society at the Queen's Ball in Buckingham Palace ends in ruination. While on the ballroom floor she is involuntarily possessed by a prophetic trance revealing the powerful Black Panther dying on a desultory foreign battlefield. Still dazed from the nightmarish scene, Alita recounts her experience and is outcasted on the most important day of her life, destroying her dreams and confirming her conviction that it is necessary to keep her true nature hidden. Socially shunned, Alita travels to a fashionable foreign venue while wagging tongues find other prey. Once in Egypt, she meets the last person she wants to see: Valerius Huntington, Captain of the Princess Royals' 7th Dragoon Guards, the 5th earl of Ravensdale, the man of her dreams, and the Black Panther of her vision. Lord Captain Ravensdale, motivated by duty and honor, unknowingly kills an Egyptian friend in the Battle of Tel-El-Kebir, in the process creating two orphans. Val helps win Egypt and the Suez Canal for imperial Britain while simultaneously entering the dark night of the soul. Alita can see Val's destiny, but procuring his future would be the end to hers. The academic earl of Ravensdale and Princess Royals' captain will not marry a quack or a soothsayer. Her sight is clear on this. Alita must choose between Val's happiness-and hers. Revealing her true nature has always resulted in heartache. But what has she sacrificed in never experiencing her authentic self? When Alita seeks to illuminate Val on his spiritual journey she unwittingly embarks on her own. Romantic historical fiction with a shade of magical realism. Characters who come alive on the page, witty dialogue, historical immersion, fast-paced action, and a touch of mystery. HEA women's fiction historical romance. The daughter of each union is the heroine of the next novel in the "Daughters of the Empire" series. less

Love finds him, in the most devastating manner possible… In the grief and heartbreak of being separated from his cherished family, young Prince Alejandro denies his feelings and his very being, bonding irrevocably to the only thing he has left—España. As he was born and bred to do, Alejandro gives his life to Spain. Now grown, Prince Alejandro is charming, dazzlingly handsome, the most powerful man in his country—and unable to connect to either himself or anyone else... moreLove finds him, in the most devastating manner possible… In the grief and heartbreak of being separated from his cherished family, young Prince Alejandro denies his feelings and his very being, bonding irrevocably to the only thing he has left—España. As he was born and bred to do, Alejandro gives his life to Spain. Now grown, Prince Alejandro is charming, dazzlingly handsome, the most powerful man in his country—and unable to connect to either himself or anyone else. It’s the clash of the titan egos between a diva Parisian opera singer and the crown prince of Spain. The prince cannot tolerate Nicolette when she speaks, but he must confront the bizarre truth that when she sings, this bewitching prima donna is the miraculous key to his transformation. An Edwardian Historical Romance less