Letters Take the Lady by Anna Valleria | Historical Romance Spotlight & Exclusive Excerpt

"From passion withheld to desire unbound — a love story that spans oceans, secrets, and second chances."

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Welcome to my spotlight for Letters Take the Lady by Anna Valleria! This enchanting Victorian-era romance follows spirited scholar’s daughter Antigone Sprague and the reserved Lord Michael Northram, a man whose secret love poems spark a tangle of mistaken identity, longing, and second chances. When hidden truths come to light, both must decide whether love can survive the deception that first brought them together.

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📝 All About the Book

Letters Take the Lady
By Anna Valleria
Series: Rogues Fall First Book 2
Published by Evernight Publishing on September 10, 2025
Genres: Historical Romance
Formats: eBook

After Lord Michael inadvertently insults Antigone, a gentleman scholar’s daughter, a heavy dislike is born on her side. For his part, Michael is inelegant at expressing or understanding his sudden attraction to Antigone, and uses private poetry to articulate his confused feelings for her. Soon Antigone begins receiving mysterious poems from another suitor unbeknownst to Michael. When she accepts a proposal from this suitor, Michael leaves on a diplomatic mission, despairing of ever acting on his conflicted feelings for her.

Michael returns several years later, surprised to find a still unwed Antigone visiting his family estate. After an incident where Antigone accidentally stumbles upon Michael bathing in a lake, she begins to see him in a different light and breaks her engagement to another. Their intense connection takes an unexpected turn when it appears that Michael schemed to entrap her but all is not what it seems.

📜 Excerpt from Letters Take the Lady

In this exclusive scene, Anna Valleria gives us a glimpse into the moment when Antigone “Annie” Sprague’s heart begins to stir in unexpected ways. What starts as curiosity over a suitor’s poetic letters soon deepens into something far more intimate—desire, confusion, and the thrilling realization that love may demand more honesty than she’s ever known.

Just as Annie began to ponder what this meant for her life, she received another letter. As she read over it hungrily, one line stood out to her:

I can never say to you how much I want my hands on you and yours on me.

This poem felt different, full of longing and something heavier and darker that she couldn’t name. It was certainly inappropriate, almost coarse, yet these poems had always felt far too intimate for propriety. She shuddered as she reread those lines again, and she recognized what the words were full of: desire. And she realized, perhaps for the first time, that she deeply wanted passion with a future husband. She hadn’t felt any sort of spark like this when she had danced with Sir Trevathan, but this letter and its words nearly consumed her.

There was also a bitterness there, a frustrated yearning. Was this what he was holding back? Sir Trevathan, or Sir Ambrose as she called him in her head, always seemed like he had something more going on behind his eyes, but Annie could never have guessed at the wells of longing that lurked in his soul.

She absentmindedly put her hand to her chest as if to calm her pounding heart. She had never felt this sensation before. She had been rather silly over one or two of her father’s friends, yes. Had even stolen a kiss here or there. But she hadn’t been deeply moved by any of them. Not in this way. How could she express to Sir Ambrose that she felt the same way when he seemed determined never to speak of the letters? How could she show him?

Kiss him, a voice in her head told her. That was why kisses existed wasn’t it?

As the letters grow bolder, so does Annie’s awakening—challenging her notions of love, propriety, and passion. Letters Take the Lady beautifully captures that fragile space between restraint and revelation, reminding us that sometimes the truest confessions are written long before they’re ever spoken aloud.

📚 Where to Find Letters Take the Lady

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👩‍💻 Meet the Author: Anna Valleria

Anna Valleria writes historical romance that is sweet with steam and rich with emotion. Her stories have been praised for their classic romanticism and depth, often exploring love through honor, resilience, and heartfelt longing. A runner-up in Dragonblade Publishing’s 2024 “Write Track” contest, her work will appear in Tales of Timeless Love, Vol. 4. When she’s not crafting her next love story, Anna can be found writing in cafés, inspired by the history and beauty of the city she calls home.

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💐 Closing Notes

Thank you for visiting my stop on the Letters Take the Lady excerpt tour! If you love slow-burn historical romance filled with secret letters, mistaken identities, and heartfelt redemption, you’ll want to add this one to your TBR right away.

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