Rose’s Ripped Van Winkle

He slept for more than a century waiting for his one true love. She stopped believing in fairytales a long time ago.

Rose

After escaping the controlling cult that turned my childhood into entertainment for millions, all I want is to disappear.

I find the perfect refuge in a secluded cottage in the woods—until I discover a hidden room and accidentally awaken the very handsome man who’s been sleeping inside it since 1911.

Rip says a magical amulet put him to sleep until his one true love found him.

He also says that woman is me.

I don’t believe in fate, magical soulmates, or happily ever afters. Unfortunately, I do believe in chemistry—and the attraction between Rip and me is getting harder to ignore.

I escaped one life built on other people telling me what to believe. There’s no way I’m surrendering my heart to destiny.

Even if Rip makes me wonder whether some fairytales might actually come true.

Rip

I took a chance on magic when I had nothing left to lose. More than a hundred years later, I wake to a world I barely recognize—and the woman I crossed time to find.

Rose doesn’t believe the amulet chose her, and I won’t push a woman who has spent her life fighting for the freedom to make her own choices.

So I’ll learn her baffling modern world. I’ll earn her trust. I’ll show her exactly how much a man from 1911 can appreciate a thoroughly modern woman.

Because fate may have brought us together, but I want Rose’s heart—not her surrender.

And when the past she escaped comes looking for her, they’re going to have to get through me first.