Overview

Lady Sophia Hartwell has mastered the art of hosting England's most influential political salon—until Lady Catherine "Kit" Blackwood arrives uninvited, wielding sharp wit like a weapon and challenging every progressive ideal Sophia holds dear. Their regency lesbian romance enemies to lovers dynamic ignites immediately when Kit systematically dismantles Sophia's arguments with insufferable confidence and undeniable intelligence.

Trapped together during a devastating storm at Hartwell Manor, these intellectual rivals discover their heated political debates mask a dangerous attraction neither expected. But when Sophia uncovers secret relationship societysurveillance targeting her radical correspondence with writers like Thomas Paine, she realizes Kit's presence isn't coincidental. Someone has been watching, waiting, orchestrating their downfall through political intrigue that threatens everything they've built.

As accusations of sedition swirl and family fortunes hang in the balance, Sophia must choose between accepting a convenient marriage proposal or fighting alongside Kit—the woman who terrifies and thrills her in equal measure.

Their forced proximity house party becomes a battlefield where personal desire collides with political survival, and where two strong heroines must navigate regency era women politics scandal that could destroy them both.

Kit risks her reputation to protect Sophia, but ancient family secrets and government conspiracies threaten to tear apart their unlikely partnership before it can truly begin. In a world where women's political voices are dangerous and their romantic choices are forbidden, can love survive when the personal becomes irreversibly political?

Will their enemies-to-lovers journey end in triumph or tragedy?