When an aspiring archaeologist teams up with her childhood enemy for a treasure hunt, they find it impossible to bury their growing feelings, in a charming queer historical romance from the author of A Shore Thing.
When an aspiring archaeologist teams up with her childhood enemy for a treasure hunt, they find it impossible to bury their growing feelings, in a charming queer historical romance from the author of A Shore Thing.
Elfreda Marsden has finally made a major discovery-an ancient amulet provingtheViking army camped on her family's estate. Too bad her nemesis is back from London, freshly exiled after a scandal and ready to wreak havoc on her life. Georgie Redmayne is everything Elfreda isn't--charming, popular, carefree, distractingly attractive, and bored to death bythecountryside. Whenthetwo collide (literally),theamulet is lost, and with it, Elfreda's big chance to lead a proper excavation. Now Elfreda needs new evidence of medieval activity, and Georgie needs money to escapethedoldrumsofDerbyshire. Joining forces to locate a hidden hoard of Viking gold isthebest chance for them both.
Marsdens and Redmaynes don't get along, and that'stheleast ofthereasons these enemies can't dream of something more. But asthequest takes them on unexpected adventures, sparks of attraction ignite a feeling increasingly difficult to identify as hatred.It's far too risky to explore. And far too tempting to resist.Elfreda and Georgie soon find thatthe real treasure comes with a steep price... and the promise of a happiness beyond all measure.
