Smuggler's Lantern

In 1816 Cornwall, Margaret Hale's orderly world unravels when a coded ledger pulls her into Cornish smuggling and a Regency romance she can't escape. Tangled with Kieran Jago—a scarred smuggler with a rogue's grin—she trades quill for knife, sparking an enemies-to-lovers clash amid perilous cliffs and stormy seas. When a dusk run exposes ruthless shipping baron Harrington, their historical romance adventure ignites—sharp wit meeting sharper passion.From Porthleven's shadows to Falmouth's chaos, Cornwall Regency danger—excisemen and ambushes—tests their fragile trust. Margaret's ledger holds the key, but Kieran's heat unlocks her heart, their steamy historical fiction bond flaring in a lantern-lit reckoning. Can a lady and her smuggler romance outwit betrayal and claim their shore—or will the tide drown their hard-won love?