She's the Crown's most efficient operative. He's the physician sworn to keep her alive. Together, they have one mission: protect the prince.

Lady Arabella Langley buries her grief in her work. A widow whose husband died because of an intelligence error she still blames herself for, she has sworn never again to let a man pay for her mistakes. So when the Queen's spymaster assigns her to guard young Prince Albert Edward from the Black Rose Society's most audacious strike, she takes the post on one condition: she works alone.

The spymaster sends Dr. Sebastian Ramsey anyway.

Sebastian has spent his life proving his worth through usefulness—patching wounds, saving lives, asking nothing in return. He will not become a burden to a woman already crushed by grief. Even if she is the most magnificent creature he has ever met.

But Osborne House is not the sanctuary it appears. A lady of charity raises their suspicions. A footman watches too closely. And as Arabella and Sebastian race to unmask a traitor inside the palace, the conspiracy three books in the making hurtles toward its shattering finale. The Raven's true identity. The Shadow's loyalty. The fate of the Crown's Agents—all revealed at last.

And the one thing neither of them planned for? Each other.

Protect the Prince is the explosive Book 3 finale of The Shadow of the Black Rose, a Victorian historical romantic suspense series of duty, honor, slow-burn longing, and love worth fighting for.

Tropes you'll enjoy:

• Partners in danger
• Forced proximity
• Widow/widower romance
• Slow burn
• Grumpy/steady
• Spy romance
• Found family resolution

The Shadow of the Black Rose series

Book 1 - Whispers and Spies

Book 2 - The Spy in Disguise

Book 3 - Protect the Prince