Steam and Starlight - Love Forged in the Heart of Victorian Industry

Wyatt D. Callahan

Summary

When Clara Evans wanders through a Victorian factory on a museum tour, she doesn’t expect to wake up in the middle of the Industrial Revolution surrounded by smoke, steel, and a factory owner who has no idea what to make of her sharp tongue or unfamiliar ways.

Gabriel Harland is a man forged from iron and conviction, determined to shield his workers in a world that treats them as disposable. But when a stranger appears in his factory, questioning his machines and his choices, the order he’s built begins to fracture.

Clara struggles to survive the brutal realities of the past while getting drawn into Gabriel’s dangerous fight against sabotage, greed, and the widening divide between classes. The pull between them burns hotter than the furnaces, even as the clock ticks on her time in his world.

In a place where industry consumes everything, can two people hold on to something real or will the past tear them apart before they have a chance?

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Part of the sizzling time-travel historical romance series “Timeless Vows” where every love story burns across centuries and every passion dares to challenge destiny.

Timeless Vows brings twelve love stories that stretch across centuries. Each book stands on its own, following two people caught in the pull of time. One might find them on a stormy Highland cliff, another in a chandelier-lit Victorian ballroom. Some meet in the shadows of Renaissance courts, others on streets scarred by war.

Every tale blends desire with sacrifice, pushing couples to risk everything for a chance to stay together. Strange forces circle them, but hope never disappears. Step by step, they fight through history’s weight to hold on to something real.

Twelve eras. Twelve romances that prove love can outlast any distance or any century.

Available since: 08/26/2025.

Print length: 65 pages.

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