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The Great Rivalry of 1881
Paperback
Series: Great Victorian Romances, Book 4
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 30 2025
Pages: 410
Weight: 0.94
Height: 1.02 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
She thought romance was dead. He's spent a decade waiting to prove it's only just begun.
For ten years, Morgan, Viscount Hamilton, has harbored a constant devotion for the one woman his villainous brother tried to destroy: Lisette Fuller. He has driven away every eligible lady in London, built his own empire from the ground up, and waited for the chance to claim the only woman who ever mattered. When fate throws her into his path at a glittering society soirée, he finds a woman more beautiful than he remembered-and she doesn't remember him at all.
Thirteen years older than her handsome new pursuer, she has built a quiet life as a governess, and hiding the pain of a horrific encounter that crushed her spirit and frightened her into silence.
The sparks between them ignite instantly, creating a delicious scandal that sets the ton ablaze. Lisette cannot imagine what a handsome, successful viscount wants with a governess, and proceeds with caution. Hamilton has thrown caution to the wind. If he doesn't have Lisette, nothing he's achieved is worth a damn.
But he is walking a razor-sharp tightrope of omission. He is the boy from her past who once warned her to run-and he carries the exact same surname as the monster she is running from.When the cards are all laid on the table and the truth unmasked, a ferocious family rivalry explodes into open warfare. To survive the fallout, Hamilton will risk disinheritance, societal ruin, and even death to step out of his older brother's shadow and into the sunset with Lisette.
The Great Rivalry of 1881 is a spicy, open-door historical romance featuring a 13-year reverse age gap, a lifelong secret love, a protective boxer hero, a sensual heroine, and a family rivalry explosive enough to go up in flames and down in history.
Content Warning: The Great Rivalry of 1881 is an open-door historical romance intended for mature audiences. It contains an on-page depiction of sexual assault by a secondary character. This scene focuses on a violation of consent through coercion and a breach of trust rather than physical violence, and explores the realistic psychological aftermath of trauma, internalized guilt, and societal shame. Additional triggers include blackmail, an illegal duel, and historical violence.Heat Level: High-tension romance with an open-door, spicy payoff between the main couple.
If you love a sweeping, emotional Victorian story with a non-toxic hero you can root for, high stakes, and an uncompromising look at family rivalry with sparkling comedy which breaks up the tension, you will adore this book.
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