The Winter Orchid - A Grumpy / Sunshine MM Historical Romance

Winter, 1888. Glasfryn Court has survived one crisis, but Sir Aubrey Vaughan remains a man sealed behind glass. He tends his orchids, keeps his house quiet, and asks nothing of the living that can be taken from him. Then word reaches the valley of a legendary moth-white orchid last seen in the hills above the Irrawaddy - a flower most men believe is only a traveller's tale. To bring it home, Vaughan must employ Elias Thorne, a sun-browned orchid hunter with too many roads behind him and no intention of belonging anywhere. Thorne is bright where Vaughan is still, restless where Vaughan is rooted, and far too perceptive for the peace of a man who has spent twenty years mistaking solitude for safety. As snow closes the valley and the glasshouses breathe warm against the killing cold, the two men plan an expedition that may cost more than money. Rival collectors are moving, the Burmese hills are dangerous, and the narrow flowering season will not wait. But the greater risk lies inside Glasfryn itself, where every shared map, every guarded kindness, and every night spent under the glass draws Vaughan and Thorne toward a desire Victorian society would never forgive. The Winter Orchid is a grumpy/sunshine MM historical romance about grief, secrecy, chosen family, rare flowers, and the courage it takes to want a future when every lesson of the past has taught a man to leave first.