Temperance and Amity: A 19th Century Sapphic Romance
In the 19th century Queendom of Aselyn, a European realm where women hold all the power, the forbidden love of an heiress and her handmaiden draws the ire of a Queen determined to secure the future of her monarchy... Lady Temperance has reached her twentieth year...she has come of age and is about to formally join the sisterhood of nobility that has kept their matriarchy strong and sovereign for three centuries. As Heiress of Lilithaina, she will one day succeed her mother as Duchess, and rule one of Aselyn's nine provinces, but she is a young noblewoman harboring an illicit secret... Since she was a child, Temperance's constant companion has been her handmaiden, Amity. But they are far more than mistress and servant to each other, they are desperately in love... It is a mutual attraction they dare not acknowledge. Temperance must someday marry a nobleman, and continue her long, distinguished lineage. She can never be with her heart's deepest desire... As Temperance is exposed to the secrets of Aselyn's sisterhood of nobility, drawing the affections of the Queen's daughter, Princess Verity, Heiress to the throne, Temperance's feelings toward Amity turn from a wistful longing, into a perilous liability. Is Temperance and Amity's love story destined to be quelled by the fates before it even begins? This enchanting sapphic tale of forbidden desire, noble duty, female power, enduring sisterhood, and heartbreaking sacrifice, promises as much joy as it does sorrow, and as many laughs as it does tears. Temperance & Amity is Book One of a series.
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Temperance and Amity: A 19th Century Sapphic Romance
In the 19th century Queendom of Aselyn, a European realm where women hold all the power, the forbidden love of an heiress and her handmaiden draws the ire of a Queen determined to secure the future of her monarchy... Lady Temperance has reached her twentieth year...she has come of age and is about to formally join the sisterhood of nobility that has kept their matriarchy strong and sovereign for three centuries. As Heiress of Lilithaina, she will one day succeed her mother as Duchess, and rule one of Aselyn's nine provinces, but she is a young noblewoman harboring an illicit secret... Since she was a child, Temperance's constant companion has been her handmaiden, Amity. But they are far more than mistress and servant to each other, they are desperately in love... It is a mutual attraction they dare not acknowledge. Temperance must someday marry a nobleman, and continue her long, distinguished lineage. She can never be with her heart's deepest desire... As Temperance is exposed to the secrets of Aselyn's sisterhood of nobility, drawing the affections of the Queen's daughter, Princess Verity, Heiress to the throne, Temperance's feelings toward Amity turn from a wistful longing, into a perilous liability. Is Temperance and Amity's love story destined to be quelled by the fates before it even begins? This enchanting sapphic tale of forbidden desire, noble duty, female power, enduring sisterhood, and heartbreaking sacrifice, promises as much joy as it does sorrow, and as many laughs as it does tears. Temperance & Amity is Book One of a series.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798346278665 |
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| Publisher: | L. R. Dellacourte |
| Publication date: | 01/13/2025 |
| Pages: | 464 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.03(d) |
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