Unsanctioned Attraction

She was a perfect lady… until she met him.Katherine Sullivan knows who she is: A woman in a gilded cage of satin and high expectations…and she's determined to break free.She steps into a private sanctuary where the smoke of a hookah swirls around her like a whispered promise. Where Touma Maalouf—a Lebanese scholar with ancient secrets behind his eyes and a duke's trust in his pocket—pours her wine and watches her like no man ever has. In the dim light of a sweltering summer night, he changes her life forever.What begins as daring flirtation spirals into an unchaperoned weekend, erotic manuscripts, the steam of a Turkish bath and honeyed kisses. Freed from her cumbersome English layers by experienced hands, Kitty discovers a passion that defies borders.Their affair is a sensory revolution hidden behind velvet curtains and claret-colored satin. Every kiss, every whisper, every reckless, secret assignation is a rebellion against a bigoted empire that would tear them apart. With an army of loyal allies and the thrum of London's crowded ballrooms at their backs, Kitty and Touma risk everything for a love that doesn't just break the rules. It rewrites them. She was a perfect lady. Now she's his perfect sin. A high-heat, spicy open-door Victorian romance featuring forbidden love, high-stakes political intrigue and intense emotional chemistry.