A Composer’s Muse

In 1892 England, Clair De Lune has built a successful career at Madam Tansley's by knowing exactly what men want—and never giving them her heart.

Then she's given an unusual assignment.

Julian Cassidy was one of England's most celebrated pianists until an accident crushed his legs and stole the music from him. Bitter, isolated, and furious at a world that now treats him as an invalid, Julian has no interest in being rehabilitated—especially by a beautiful courtesan who refuses to pity him.

Clair has no intention of pitying him.

She challenges him. Infuriates him. Tempts him. And little by little, coaxes him back to the piano—and into wanting things he had convinced himself he could live without.

Including her.

What begins as an assignment soon becomes dangerously real. Behind Julian's anger, Clair discovers a man worth risking her carefully guarded heart for. And in the woman he was supposed to dismiss as a professional companion, Julian finds the one person who sees the man he still is rather than the body he lost.

But Clair belongs to a world a gentleman like Julian is expected to visit, not marry.

And loving her could cost him his reputation, his career, and his place in society.

Julian has already lost almost everything once.

This time, he may have to choose what he's willing to lose for the woman he refuses to live without.

An emotional, high-steam Victorian romance featuring class difference, forced proximity, a disabled hero, a courtesan heroine, emotional healing, and 6+ open-door love scenes.