Legacies of Eternal Flame Series by Kassia D. Price

In the smoke-choked core of industrial England, railway tycoon Magnus Blackwood has mastered steel, steam, and profit. None of it prepared him for Lady Victoria Harrington. She’s the untouchable sister of his most dangerous rival, tied by blood to the aristocratic machine Magnus plans to dismantle. One look across a chandeliered ballroom does the damage... moreIn the smoke-choked core of industrial England, railway tycoon Magnus Blackwood has mastered steel, steam, and profit. None of it prepared him for Lady Victoria Harrington. She’s the untouchable sister of his most dangerous rival, tied by blood to the aristocratic machine Magnus plans to dismantle. One look across a chandeliered ballroom does the damage. After that, there are midnight trains rattling through the dark, fingers brushing in fog-soaked stations, quiet vows traded beside a cursed ruby that watches everything. Coal dust on his cuffs. The whistle’s cry cutting short their breath. Class keeps them apart. Loyalty tightens the lock. A ruthless plot closes in, and the legend of a gem said to ruin any man who loves too fiercely waits to prove itself. In a world that prices power above all else, what happens when love refuses to be bought? less

Newport, 1898. Isabella Ashford watches the last piece of her life disappear. Her family fortune. The Belle Mer mansion. The future she was raised to expect. When the auctioneer’s gavel cracks the room, one man claims it all Elias Hawthorne, a self-made tycoon whose name makes old money stiffen and new money lean in. He offers a bargain that tastes like smoke. Stand at his side as his society guide. Wear his jewels. Reenter the rooms that just shut their doors. Six months, no more... moreNewport, 1898. Isabella Ashford watches the last piece of her life disappear. Her family fortune. The Belle Mer mansion. The future she was raised to expect. When the auctioneer’s gavel cracks the room, one man claims it all Elias Hawthorne, a self-made tycoon whose name makes old money stiffen and new money lean in. He offers a bargain that tastes like smoke. Stand at his side as his society guide. Wear his jewels. Reenter the rooms that just shut their doors. Six months, no more. Isabella agrees, sure she can endure a performance. She doesn’t expect the heat in his gaze, the way it lingers like it already owns the space between them. Diamonds cool against her skin. His voice low, unyielding. By day, they circle each other as enemies. By night, they slip through ballrooms and moonlit yachts, music fading into whispers. But secrets buried in the wreckage of her father’s empire begin to surface, sharp enough to cut them both. When everything has a price, is Elias offering rescue or a cage lined with gold? less