Periodromance Stories

Belinda Woodberry does not have the luxury of innocence. With a fragile family depending on her and little money left to their name, she survives on cleverness, courage, and choices that skirt the edge of propriety. Love has never been part of her calculations-until Alexander Blackwell enters her life with an offer as dangerous as it is convenient. Alexander is finished playing obedient son. Pressured into marriage and heir-making by a relentless mother, he proposes an arrangement of his own: a carefully staged courtship that will silence Society and grant them both temporary freedom. For Belinda, it means protection. For Alexander, control over his future. Neither expects emotion to complicate the bargain. But London thrives on secrets, and arrangements have a way of unraveling. As whispers sharpen into threats and Belinda's carefully balanced world begins to fracture, Alexander is forced to decide what he's willing to risk-his reputation, his family's approval, or the woman who was never meant to matter this much. Because some promises are negotiated. Some are demanded. And some are gambled on with your entire heart.

We all know the stories of the famed Nûr-e-Hayat, the light of Sultan Süleyman's life, guiding him gently-like air, invisible yet ever-present. Now, we watch her in her greatest role: as Baş Haseki, the Sultana of Sultanas, Nûrîcîhân Sultan, as she conspires to place her son, Şehzâde İskender, upon the throne of the Ottoman Empire. Her first step is sending her Şehzâde off to his Sanjak, while she maneuvers the intricate games of power behind the scenes. And while she plots, we-the author and reader-embark on a journey to witness the life of the next Sultan: Şehzâde İskender-his Sanjaks, his friendships, his alliances, his ascension, and, most importantly, the part that captures hearts: his loves, his concubines, and his children. For just as Sultan Süleyman had his light, so too will Şehzâde İskender have his jewel-the one who is destined to rise above all others, the future jewel of his harem, and the successor to the Sultana of the Sultanas.

Buy the finished story from Publisher: https://4thavenuepress.com.au/seduction-lies-betrayal or Amazon: https://a.co/d/0hPnSeX1 Her journey to Australia should have been her new beginning...what she found was a love her past was determined to destroy. Maria Venetti fled the streets of London and the life of crime she'd been forced into, boarding a ship to Australia. Once aboard the Lady Douglas, Maria was determined to keep a low profile, isolating herself from the other passengers. Her plan was perfect...until she met the dark-haired stranger sitting across the dinner table. Nathaniel Ward was looking for a new start for himself and his daughter. When the Italian beauty, Maria, joined him in the dining hall, he was captivated by her wit, and ached to share so much more than a card game with her. When she agreed to model for one of his sketches, he feared he would no longer be able to deny his growing desire for her. What he feared most was losing his usually well-guarded heart to her, opening himself up again to heartache. Their relationship growing, Maria hoped that at last she would be free to start her life anew...that was until she learned a man from her past, Harold Beaxley, was also on the ship, threatening to destroy everything she'd hoped to find in Nathaniel's arms. Arriving in Australia, they stumble upon a web of seduction and deceit weaved by Harold - a man whose lies are determined to rip the lovers apart all for his amusement and greed. Will Nathaniel and Maria's love be strong enough to protect them from the pasts they so desperately wanted to escape? Or will they fall victim to the lies and betrayal that followed them across the ocean? Content Warning: contains sex, strong language, and some violence

The full story can be purchased from Publisher: https://4thavenuepress.com.au/stolen-desires or Amazon: https://a.co/d/078GxkE3 When Samuel Ottarson rescued Nellie from certain harm, he was dazzled by her beauty and soft touch. Remembering the harsh consequences of becoming involved with a member of the fairer sex, and the deceit and anguish a woman could cause, he quickly retreats from her. He needed to make it clear that he was out west for business and not to chase some bit of skirt who would ultimately break his heart. Nellie Randolph is running for her life. Finally settling in Hughenden, she hopes for a new start. When she fails to find work as a governess, and with little more than the clothes on her back, she is forced into a life of pickpocketing. As Nellie and Samuel continue to cross paths, their affection for each other grows until he catches her trying to steal from him. Events that evening become even more dangerous when Nellie finds herself on the run from a murderer. Samuel swears to protect her at all cost, taking her east to his cattle station - and unknowingly to the past she had sworn never to return to. Nellie's hope for a new start with Samuel comes crashing down when her late husband's brother finds her, vowing to return her to the life of torment she had escaped. Fearful what lengths her brother-in-law will go to in order to stop her from revealing what she knew of his criminal past, she begins to doubt everyone around her - including Samuel and the love he claims to have for her. When Nellie is charged with murder, Samuel does everything in his power to save her from the gallows. Will he lose everything to save the woman he loves, or will he find all his efforts to win her freedom, and her heart, are in vain? Warning: contains sex, strong language, and some violence.

Available on Kindle Unlimited Buy the finished story from Publisher: https://4thavenuepress.com.au/product/avarice-and-charity or Amazon: https://a.co/d/35E8vov Would you risk everything to protect the one you love from relentless greed? After the death of her mother, Charity Bohdan vowed to carry on her work-providing free treatment to those who are sick or injured. What started off as patching up wounds soon took a very different direction when she was being called to treat young women who'd been brutally raped and left pregnant. She knows the risks involved with treating and re-homing these women, but she can't turn them away. When Charity is called to treat a drunk's wounded hand, she expects to find some elderly station hand. Instead she finds a handsome, young man, who isn't drunk at all. As she tends to his injury, she can't ignore the feelings he stirs inside her when their skin touches. Avarice Licciardi has spent his life working for his father-a greedy, loveless man who has destroyed everyone in his way. But when Avarice meets Charity, a woman with the touch of an angel, he discovers there's something he craves much more than his father's money. He wants this woman to be a part of his life. As they spend time together, talking of Irish legends and going on picnics, Avarice begins to win the beautiful woman's heart. But then his father orders him to retrieve some hidden papers at Charity's estate. He refuses...until his father threatens to go get the papers himself. Avarice is determined to protect Charity from this brutal man-even if that means deceiving her. What Avarice finds at her estate is a hidden tunnel with incriminating mysteries far greater than hidden papers. Together Avarice and Charity uncover secrets from the past that sicken their souls as an evil, greedy man threatens to tear them apart in his search for the evidence hidden at the Bohdan estate.

Available on Kindle Unlimited Buy the finished story from Publisher: https://4thavenuepress.com.au/product/indulgence-and-temperance or Amazon: https://a.co/d/etfqZjE Would you abandon the woman you love for your own indulgence? Beth Meridian has returned home, hoping to leave her sordid past behind her and settle into a quiet life. When her childhood friend, Hannah Raeburn, offers her a place to stay, Beth knows it won't be long until she runs into Hannah's brother, Daniel. What she doesn't expect is for him to reignite feelings deep in her heart, reminding her of the kiss they shared before she left town. Daniel Raeburn's past is scandalous, his sinful indulgences allowing him more wealth than he could ever need. Still, he wants more, and his gluttonous appetite for wealth and women leads him to buy into a partnership at the local hellfire club. When Hannah goes missing, Beth and Daniel follow her trail through the Australian outback. Witnessing the womanizer Daniel is, Beth flees on a cattle train headed north. Desperate to explain his actions, Daniel follows her. Arriving in the small town of Jarvisfield, Daniel is shocked to learn that Beth is now the owner of the largest cattle company in the area. He's even more shocked to discover that the preacher controlling the town, and stealing from the townspeople, is his once business partner William Maxon. He's convinced this man is also responsible for his sister's disappearance. When he learns William has Beth picked out as his next victim, Daniel knows he must do whatever it takes to make her listen to the truth. But she has no interest in hearing anything he has to say. Faced with losing the two women he loves, Daniel is forced to choose between their freedom and the possessions and wealth he has hoarded over the years. But even if he gives it all up, he still might lose everything. Content Warning: contains sex, strong language, and some violence

Available on Kindle Unlimited But the finished story from Publisher: https://4thavenuepress.com.au/lovers-ransom or Amazon: https://a.co/d/0fdlnw6H Phoebe Toulouse ran away from her family...from her fiancé...from her life. Upon arriving in the dusty outback town of Millchester, Queensland, Australia, Phoebe is certain she is finally safe from the bastard who wants to rob her of everything she has...including her life. Being swept up in the strong arms of a stranger, she finds herself tempted with pleasures she couldn't refuse, and must face the uncertainty surrounding what was to become of her. This wasn't a job Raymond MacAllester wanted to do, but he had no choice. If he didn't take Phoebe back east to Inkerman, he'd be risking his sister's life. Given that she was Gordon Marriot's half-sister, he doubted it would be easy to find her, but he would not allow himself to feel guilt for any member of that heartless, corrupt family. When he meets Phoebe running for her life in the streets of Millchester, he couldn't believe this beauty was any family of Gordon's. When he finally took her into custody, he assumed she'd reluctantly agree to go back home. Never could he imagine that she would fight him as if her life depended on it. When Phoebe learns the true reason for Raymond coming after her, and his relationship with her brother, she is heartbroken and betrayed. Returning to Inkerman with Gordon, she resumes her place in his corrupt company. Desperate to find her and make her believe she was more than a business transaction, Raymond follows her to Inkerman and reluctantly reinstates himself into a life he hoped never to see again. Reunited with Phoebe, and desperate to save her from Gordon's overbearingness, Raymond risks everything to try and get her to safety. Will she let him play at being her knight in shining armour though, or has he left it too late? Content Warning: contains sex, strong language, and some violence

Buy the finished story from Publisher: https://4thavenuepress.com.au/behind-the-mask or Amazon: https://a.co/d/08ElN5iO Two lovers are torn from each other by their feuding families. When Duncan Buchanan and Isobel Porter met at a masquerade ball, they thought they'd found someone to change their distaste for matrimony. When their mothers tore them out of each other's arms, they found themselves trapped between two feuding families, each matriarch willing to destroy the other, even at the cost of their children's happiness. Duncan and Isobel knew nothing of their families' hatred for each other, nor did they care to become involved with whatever scheming acts of revenge their mothers are planning. Willing to sacrifice everything they have just to be together, they arrange an assignation. Nothing could prepare them for what happened in the churchyard that night though, driving them from town and each other. Heartbroken by their year of separation, and the rumours about his indiscreet associations, Isobel is hesitant to employ Duncan on her cattle station. Had his mother sent him here to use his seductive charms to take what she felt was owed to her? Having spent the last year drowning his sorrows in a whiskey bottle, Duncan was confused to discover Isobel was his new employer, eager to involve him in the running of her station. Why would she allow him back into her life after so long? Was this some trick instigated by her mother to ruin his family? As Duncan and Isobel continue working together, they can no longer ignore the love they once felt for each other, the intense raw emotion again burning so close to the surface. Will their families finally allow them a chance to be together? Or will the two lovers be separated once and for all? Warning: contains sex, strong language, and some violence.

Available on Kindle Unlimited Buy the finished story from Publisher: https://4thavenuepress.com.au/impassioned-deceit or Amazon: https://a.co/d/5w5JPtp Would you risk your life for the one you love? At thirty-two, Hannah Wagstaff's scandalous past, and the scar it left her with, has made her a spinster, scaring away any offers of marriage. She had given up on love until by chance she was reunited with Patrick, a man who had lit a flame in her heart years ago before disappearing from her life. Patrick O'Doherty couldn't believe his eyes when he saw Hannah. He had been certain he would never see her again, but there she was, and this time he would do anything to keep her in his life. Things take a drastic turn when Patrick's vengeful stepfather starts demanding ownership of the cattle station that was left to Patrick by his father. Suddenly, Patrick finds himself on the run for his life, trying to uncover the secrets of his stepfather's past and the reason he would be willing to murder for a cattle station. Hannah is distraught when she's told Patrick died in a fire. Her grief continues when her sister is kidnapped without any clue to who could have taken her. Months later, when her sister returns, Hannah goes looking for the culprit. What she finds is Patrick, alive and working as a bartender at a hotel. Passionately reunited with Hannah, Patrick discovers that not only is his life under threat, but hers as well. What secrets tie their families together? Will he be able to protect Hannah, or will his love for her ultimately cost him his life? Content Warning: contains sex, strong language, and some violence

The Ton expects a Diamond. They're getting an Arsonist. London, 1814. To the glittering elite of Mayfair, Lady Evangelina Sterling is the ultimate prize: a breathtaking beauty with fire-red hair and a dowry that could buy a kingdom. But Evangelina is a living contradiction, hiding mud-dusted riding boots beneath her sapphire silk and a sharp, "Adder's" wit that cuts deeper than any corset. She isn't looking for a husband-she's looking for a way to burn the "Circus" to the ground. Enter Julian, the Duke of Westmere. A war-torn soldier turned into a legendary "Stone Statue," Julian returned to London with a frozen heart and a reputation for cold, unshakeable authority. He expected to find a quiet bride to fill a silent house. Instead, he found a woman who didn't fear the monster beneath his scars-she invited him to play with the matches. When the Duke snatches the "Diamond" from the clutches of her father's debts, the game changes from a pursuit to a siege. Inside the shadowed halls of Westmere, the mask of the gentleman shatters, revealing a man who would dismantle the world to protect the woman he calls his. She was coal waiting for the pressure. He was the fire waiting for a spark. The "Stone Statue" is brought to his knees, vowing only to stand for her. In a world of gilded cages, they are a revolution. The Ton thinks it knows the price of a scandal, but they have no idea what happens when the Duke stops being a gentleman and starts being a predator. He didn't just save her from the fire. He became the inferno.

Eatherington House was her world-her sanctuary, her theatre, her gilded cage. Teresa Eatherington, or Tresa as the staff once called her, was raised beneath marble ceilings and sharper expectations, taught to glide, to curtsy, to hold her tongue. But she has always been watching. Especially him. James-the equerry. A man born without title, yet moving with the quiet confidence of one who earned every step. He taught her to ride, to aim, to never cry when she fell. He called her Miss, even when she called him James. To her, he was not just a servant. He was safety. Strength. The first thing she ever wanted but could not have. And now he's leaving. Days before her First Communion and her debut into society, Tresa learns that James has accepted a post with Duchess Briton-a young widow of influence and opportunity. The house is alight with celebration. But inside her, something else has caught fire. She has seven days. To be seen. To be remembered. To no longer be the girl he leaves behind. A story of forbidden longing, untamed becoming, and the quiet fire it takes to bloom in a world that tells you to stay small.

Buy the finished story from Publisher: https://4thavenuepress.com.au/deceit-devotion or Amazon: https://a.co/d/0eKARMnU "I will pay you to sleep with my wife." Jarrah Miyan, a young half-caste aboriginal man, is supposed to seduce a white woman into an affair so her greed-driven husband can gain full control of her inheritance, including the rare collection of black opals she keeps under lock and key. When he walks into the study to meet the poor chit he's to take advantage of, he expects to find an aging woman who smells of stale perfume and gin. Who he finds though is the most beautiful woman he's ever laid eyes on - the same woman whose pale thighs had been wrapped around him just a few hours earlier as she'd begged him to give her pleasure. After their night of passion together, Emily Holtz doubted she would ever see Jarrah again. To have him standing before her now, asking for employment at her cattle station, was not a situation she had prepared herself for. She agrees to hire him on one condition. He has to spy on her husband and get her the incriminating evidence she needs to apply for a divorce. She's spent years in a miserable arranged marriage, and she's desperate to escape her dangerous husband, a man who will stop at nothing, including murder, to get what he wants. Their feelings for each other growing, Jarrah worries about what will happen when Emily discovers that he's been working for both her and her husband. Not that they could ever really be together, as society would never accept that...but would Emily be willing to risk everything for Jarrah? Content Warning: contains sex, strong language, and some violence.

Clementine moves to the quaint and quiet town of Avonlea. She searches for friendship, she longs for a sense of belonging, and she fortuitously found love. One must know love isn't something you can search for, it is something you just allow into your heart with a warm welcome. All rights to Lucy Maud Montgomery/The creators and publishers of Anne with an E.

France, 1881, and something is haunting the Paris Opera House. It's target- an upcoming soprano, and Kuroo's lost love from childhood. Old emotions are uncovered, and new bonds are formed amid tragedy as the phantom orchestrates from the shadows. Shoutout to weeweepiss on TikTok, their OC (n/y) is in this story.

Dylan and Edith are best friends, they've always been. They always expected to go through everything together. But what happens when the pair is sent back in time to Regency Era England with no real explanation? How will they get back? How will they keep their origin concealed?

Two years after her pardon, Grace Marks receives a letter from a Mrs. Jordan requesting her assistance at their home. Simon is ill and the last desperate hope is that Grace can help. But what can she do when he has lost every memory of her? Because of my timeline, in this story Grace only serves around 15 years total. Also a disclaimer that this is not very historically accurate and Im not rly going for realistic lol This starts years after the end of the netflix series because it broke my heart the way it concluded. I know there is some discourse on whether their relationship is romanticized obsession or real love but either way I like the passion that their "romance" has because to me it is a love story whether it fits the normal standard or not. Anyway, enjoy xx

The year was 1848, just 11 years since Queen Victoria began her reign. Lady Evelyn Georgiana Louise, daughter of the Duke of Sutherland, was at the precipice of the rest of her life. It was now time for her to marry an eligible suitor that her overbearing mother approved of. Enter the Duke of Devonshire, Edward William Cavendish. He was the one man in the entire universe that held her heart in his hands, and yet with every step he took, Evelyn felt it get crushed just a little bit more. He would be the undoing of her. But could he also be the one to mend the wounds of heartbreak he had inflicted upon her? Perhaps, a fateful masquerade ball could change everything between them, once again...

Built For Sin In the gilded halls of Victorian England, Elodie Allan, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Eversley, is torn between duty and desire. Her heart belongs to Raphael, the kind but penniless farmer's son whose love transcends the boundaries of class. Yet, her family has other plans-plans that place her future in the hands of Theodore Kingsleigh, a Viscount whose devotion to her knows no bounds. As secrets, betrayal, and forbidden passion weave through her life, Elodie must navigate a world where love and loyalty collide with ambition and expectation. With Raphael's bitterness threatening to poison their once-sacred bond, and Theodore's steadfast heart offering a chance at security, Elodie faces a choice that will define her fate. Will Elodie follow her heart, or will duty bind her to a life she never chose? Find out in Built for Sin. Let me know what you think of Elodie's journey in the comments."

In the heart of Ashford Manor, a grand estate filled with secrets, history, and unexpected romance. After the untimely death of their mother, sisters Clara and Isabella Hartwell find themselves invited to live with their mother's old friend, the wealthy Lady Amelia Pembroke. As they adjust to their new lives, Clara is drawn to the enigmatic Lord Oliver Pembroke, while Isabella finds herself in a tempestuous relationship with the mysterious Thomas, whom she meets by the river where she loves to paint. Amidst the grandeur of Ashford Manor, the sisters navigate their passions, dreams, and the complexities of love, discovering that true affection can be found in the most unexpected places. Join Clara and Isabella as they uncover the hidden depths of their hearts within the stately walls of Ashford Manor.