Warlock from Wales: Historical Fantasy Romance Novel

Why these tropes fit

Set in Regency England, a young historian commissioned to record a centuries-old secret is assigned a warlock guardian secretly ordered by his council to sabotage her mission. Their initial conflict as assigned adversaries softens into a guarded romance complicated by magical politics, court spying, and a kidnapping by a rival warlock that forces Hugh into a desperate rescue across the countryside. Trust, betrayal, and the human-magical divide drive the angst as the pair must reconcile his original mission against her with the love they find amid the intrigue.

Evidence from the source

• Regency: “magical chase across a Regency-English Countryside” source
• Court Intrigue: “If attending boring House of Lords sessions to spy on human politicians wasn’t a bad enough chore” source
• Enemies to Lovers: “A warlock charged to stop her” source
• Witchy Romance: “another warlock, partnered with a voracious water demon, steals Mary from under Hugh's nose” source
• Strong Heroine: “A historian in search of truth” source
• Forced Proximity: “the Prince Regent then instructs Hugh to safeguard a human female on a mission” source
• Touch Her and Die: “Recovering her becomes his greatest challenge” source

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