An Eternity of Roses (The Valthreans, Book 1) by Natalie G. Owens

---The Kindle Book Review's 2013 Best Indie Book Awards semifinalist ---Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award 2013 contest quarterfinalist ---Harlequin's 'So You Think You Can Write' 2010 contest finalist "A fast-paced ... lovable romp" -- Mallory Heart Reviews. Two lovers separated by an evil curse. A desperate quest through time. A love that wants to beat all odds. And all the while, deadly danger brews around a two-thousand-year-old secret society and the enemy that lives to decimate it. "...'Til the end of my life, I shall belong to you as your husband." That was the promise Adrian made to Emmaline. And then, he was gone forever... It is 1807. Adrian Segrave, Viscount Bournemouthe, and Lady Emmaline Deramore are about to wed and British Society teems with excitement at this imminent love match. But Madeleine de Brandeville, a mysterious Frenchwoman, has her lustful and ambitious sights on the groom. When she sets her cruel plan in motion, she leaves devastation in her path. Heartbroken, Emmaline embarks on an adventure she'd never imagined having. As the world changes and chaos brews, her fate becomes linked with the Valthreans, a group of immortals who must learn to face a deadly enemy that threatens their place in the human world. But all the while, there is one thing she wants more than any other--to get back her man. When she finally finds her prize, her worst nightmares are far from over and the toughest battle is yet to begin. Will love win the war in the end? Approx. 119,000 words. Although part of a series, this is a standalone book.)