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Peckham has a gift for spearing the conventions of 19th-century British romance fiction, taking a hatchet to the patriarchal, imperialistic values of the era. Rafe and Cornelia need each other to execute their plans for government reform and societal improvement, but they can't resist the pull that brought them together 20 years prior. So when Rafe Goodwood, her husband from her long-ago plot to escape her uncle's oppressive plans, returns to her life, she's determined not to fall in love with him. Painter of radicals and harlots, Cornelia Ludgate prizes her freedom above all else.

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Scarlett Peckham continues her Society of Sirens series with this long-awaited sophomore entry that both celebrates and upends romance tropes. The story serves as a poignant reminder that we should seize happiness wherever we may find it - because sometimes it can be the most radical of acts. Yet those very real dangers don't keep the Luna Sisters from finding joy in their lives.

Still, it's rare to see a Victorian romance that feels so vitally alive and contemporary, the threats and costs of colonialism laid bare on the page in a way that feels utterly realistic but not pandering. But the novel lags in the middle, taking too long to get to the marriage of convenience, and failing to fully stick the landing. Gideon Fox is the type of hero that swooning was invented for - handsome, stoic, and noble to a fault. The Luna sisters are a force to be reckoned with, each wielding their beauty and smarts in subtly different and effective ways. De La Rosa's novel starts with promising vigor, its two protagonists as fiery and intractable as the best romance novel matches often are. The two have immediate sparks, but Ana María has a betrothed back home and Gideon can't let anything distract him from his goal - until political conspiracy and danger forces their hands into a marriage of convenience that is anything but.

She's intoxicated by one Gideon Fox, a biracial man who has elevated himself to Parliament and is dedicated to abolishing the Atlantic slave trade.

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There, she experiences what it's like to live free from the strict rules of her father. This first Luna sisters story follows Ana María Luna Valdés, as she and her younger sisters escape Mexico during the French occupation for the safer, rainier climes of Victorian London. Liana De La Rosa is the latest author to bring the real history of people of color to traditionally published historical romance.

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