How the Baron Bartered with His Bluestocking
(2027)(The third book in the Lady's Risk Companion Stories series)
A novel by C K Mackenzie
Miss Emma Steele has always lived on the edges of other people’s lives—welcome enough to visit but never truly staying in one place. A brilliant bluestocking with keen ear for music and a heart that aches for belonging, she’s spent years traveling the country, hoping one day she’ll find a place where she truly fits.
Until one unexpected friendship opens a door into a world where her intellect is valued and where she might finally belong.
Captain Alfred Macintyre never intended to court anyone. With only months left in England before taking up his new post in Gibraltar, he’s focused on duty, not romance. But Emma's sharp‑minded and warm laugh shatter every plan he made.
She’s the bluestocking he never saw coming. He’s the first man who truly sees her.
As their connection deepens, Emma discovers something she’s never had before: a man who looks at her as if she’s the most remarkable woman he’s ever met. But when a shadow from Alfred’s past threatens the fragile happiness she’s only just begun to taste, Emma must decide whether to retreat into the safety of solitude or claim the life, and love, she’s always dreamed of.
Genre: Historical Romance
Until one unexpected friendship opens a door into a world where her intellect is valued and where she might finally belong.
Captain Alfred Macintyre never intended to court anyone. With only months left in England before taking up his new post in Gibraltar, he’s focused on duty, not romance. But Emma's sharp‑minded and warm laugh shatter every plan he made.
She’s the bluestocking he never saw coming. He’s the first man who truly sees her.
As their connection deepens, Emma discovers something she’s never had before: a man who looks at her as if she’s the most remarkable woman he’s ever met. But when a shadow from Alfred’s past threatens the fragile happiness she’s only just begun to taste, Emma must decide whether to retreat into the safety of solitude or claim the life, and love, she’s always dreamed of.
Genre: Historical Romance