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The Rook has existed on the edges of Byrne's Victorian Rebels series, and we finally have his book!

Lorelei is the only reason the man now known as the Rook has breath in his lungs. She found his brutally beaten, burned, and damaged carcass in a mass grave. She didn't give up on him, much like her menagerie of animals she's also nursed back to health. She fell in love with him, but knew she with her limp and her wicked brother would never be able to be with the man she only knew as Ash, the man with no memory and the damaged dragon tattoo.

So even though she gave him her heart and despite his promise he would always come for her, Lorelei wasn't surprised when her brother told her "Ash" had left.

Eight years later, Lorelei is on the verge being forced by her brother to wed an old lecher but is on the way to the church the Rook murders her brother and kidnaps her and her sister-in-law. And the Rook is Ash.

The Rook has finally come, like he promised, but the boy she knew and loved is now a soulless pirate. Or so he claims.

What follows is a beautifully tempestuous romance where a gentle soul brings back from the gates of hell a damaged man who does indeed still have a chance to find his HEA. Also, pirates and treasure! And kittens.