The Stepping Series
Historical romance set between London, Algeria and Spain. What if love knew no boundaries?
If you’re craving
A historical romance that focuses on the art of falling in love, redemption and forgetting the past more than scenes in the bedroom…
The Stepping Series is for you.
Love only burns brighter when challenged.
If you love…
Pride & Prejudice, Emma, Bridgerton (if it were closed-door) and Poldark…
You’ll feel right at home here.
Book 1
Stepping Across the Desert
Can love rewrite their stories?
When Rowena, a young Englishwoman, finds herself torn from a life of privilege and thrust into slavery, her world is upended. Gifted one day to Mr. Sutton—an Englishman grappling with the immorality of owning another human being—Rowena takes it as an opportunity to get home.
Christophe plans to rid himself of the woman as soon as he can, but as they travel back to England, Christophe finds his heart more and more entangled with her. It's an affection that threatens to upend his life in English society, but one he can't shake. When she disappears, his heart is in tatters.
Once in London, where society is bound by rigid class and gender expectations, Rowena becomes the noblewoman she always was. But a chance encounter with Christophe pushes her to question if a love outside the rules of society can survive.
Book 2
Stepping Across the English Channel
They thought marriage would be easy, but marriage is never convenient.
“The will says the house is ‘for you, your wife and children, Philip.’ But you have no wife. Therefore, the house is mine.”
It’s 1836, England. At only 33, Philip Daucer planned to explore the world, then settle down. But with his brother threatening his inheritance, Phillip is backed into a corner. Determined to save what he inherited—and beat his brother at his own game—Phillip sets out to find a wife.
In faraway Spain, Carmen Suárez is reeling from a failed relationship. Enter Phillip, a man who makes her heart soar. Tall, handsome and very English, he offers marriage and adventure—life in another country. Sadly, Philip is proposing they marry for convenience—he will offer her the security of marriage, if she helps him keep his house, Carmen accepts his terms.
But as they rush to solve their immediate problems, Phillip and Carmen open themselves to clashes over culture and religion. Putting love secondary to his inheritance, Phillip asks too much of Carmen. Disappointed, she considers returning to Spain.
When threatened with stronger adversaries than expected, Philip and Carmen must change course before one house and one secret add up to potential disaster. When their marriage becomes anything but convenient, can they let love win?
Book Experience
A series that defies timelines.
Travel from Algeria to London in Stepping Across the Desert.
Travel from London to Spain in Stepping Across the English Channel.
And travel from Hyde Park to the South of the Thames in Stepping Across the Thames (coming fall 2026).
Steady, slow-burn romances set in Victorian England.
The Stepping Series explores love that defies the societal rules.
Whether it is forgiving the past in order to make for a more perfect future, asking if two cultures and two religions can truly find love or seeking a second chance, the Stepping Series will defy your expectations of Victorian Romance.
