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The Victorian Pendant by Amaryllis Madsen

She’s spent her life searching for home. He lost everything he loved. Can two broken hearts, separated by time, heal what history couldn’t?In 2026, Penelope Ward is a twenty-eight-year-old mid-westerner who has never belonged anywhere. Orphaned young and accustomed to leaving before she can be left, she never expects an inheritance to give her what she’s always wanted: a home of her own. But when she uncovers an antique pendant hidden beneath the floorboards of her crumbling Victorian house, she’s pulled into another era-and straight into the path of a grieving man who should not exist in her world.Connor Halden has been frozen in sorrow since the death of his wife and child in 1892. Four years later, bound to the house they built and the memories he cannot escape, the last thing he expects is a strange woman and her calico cat to appear in his front parlor. Yet her modern clothes, sharp wit, and unguarded compassion awaken something in him he believed was buried forever.Penelope knows loving Connor could cost her the future she’s only just begun to build. Connor knows that opening his heart again risks shattering what little remains of it.As the magic tying them together deepens, they must decide whether love is worth the impossible choice before them-because some bonds aren’t meant to survive the ages¿ unless they’re strong enough to change fate itself.The Victorian Pendant is the first book in The Heartbound Chronicles, a sweeping time-slip romance filled with slow-burn longing, haunting magic, and soul-deep healing. Perfect for readers who crave emotional depth, second-chance love, and romances that transcend centuries.Step into another era. Fall for a love that defies fate. Begin The Heartbound Chronicles today.