The Regency Ruse

A Steamy BWWM Interracial Multicultural Standalone 1815 Time Travel Fake Engagement Historical Romance (STOLEN BY TIME)

By: N. Viktoria

Narrated by: Rhiana Jewell

What would you sacrifice for a love that shouldn't exist?

SADE:

I'm not supposed to be here.

One minute I'm in my Bath hotel room in 2025, the next I'm crashing through time into 1815 England with nothing but a laptop bag and a racing heart. No way home. No plan. And absolutely no idea how to explain to Regency society why a Black American woman just appeared out of nowhere speaking like she's from another world.

Because I am.

Then HE finds me. Sebastian Ashworth, Duke of Thornwood. Cold grey eyes. Devastating smile. The kind of dangerous that makes smart women do stupid things. He offers me protection, a fake engagement, a place in his world.

I should say no. I should focus on finding the music box that brought me here, on getting back to my real life before someone discovers my secret. Before they find my phone. My manuscript. Before they realize I know things about their future that could destroy everything.

The portal opens tonight. Under the full moon. One chance to return to 2025.

Or one chance to stay with the man who's made me believe in destiny.

SEBASTIAN:

I don't believe in fate. I stopped believing in magic the day I buried my sister.

Then Sade Oyelaran literally falls into my garden, speaking strangely, moving like no lady I've ever seen, looking at me like she can see straight through the walls I've built around my heart. She's hiding something. I know she's hiding something.

I should send her away. Instead, I offer her a bargainHer secrets are bigger than I imagined. A glowing music box. Pages from a manuscript that describe the future.

I should be terrified. I should call her a witch and walk away. Instead, I'm falling. Falling harder than I've ever fallen for anyone. When she's in my arms, nothing else matters. But someone's discovered her secret. Someone's threatening to expose her. And tonight, the portal that brought her here opens again.

She has to choose: her world or mine. Her time or me.

©2025 ALPHAZURIEL PUBLISHING (P)2026 ALPHAZURIEL PUBLISHING

please just read the book

the voice of the reader is better suited for a technical role than a time traveler love novel. I could not get through the 3rd chapter due to the voice that comes across as AI.

I’m pretty sure this is an AI author

I’m a pretty serious reader, I read or listen to about 10 books a week. This is my second book by this author in the time travel series. The stories are strong, the concepts are interesting enough to make me want to try another book. However, the lack of consistency in the details and the repetitive portions of the story in both books make it clear to me that a human did not write these books. It reminds me of when I ask chat GPT to rewrite and email but I need to go in after and add details back. There was no one proofreading this with a human eye after AI wrote it. I wonder who published it? The authors pics are also AI, so are the covers AND THE NARRATION IS PRETTY BAD. The story is good tho.