The Clockmakers Consort

<p>When the Crown Horologue-the clock that keeps Verdegard's hours honest-begins to falter time-binder Nerine Quell can rewind minutes... at a price. The Guild hunter sent to arrest her Kade Ravel keeps the city breathing by the book-until the book becomes the problem. To stop a capital from fracturing and unmask a Regent siphoning citizens' minutes the pair stage a scandalous fake courtship for the Masquerade of Centuries using kisses as cover and waltzes as misdirection.<br>As fireworks bloom and gears grind Nerine must stitch a new rhythm into the clock's failing heart while Kade holds the line against politics panic and his own oath. Every bind steals seconds from her body; every lie they sell tightens the snare around their necks. When a temporal quake splits them two minutes apart they'll have to trust breath not fate to find each other-and choose whether love is a luxury... or the most precise repair of all.<br>Gaslight masks consent-forward heat and a city that witnesses its own truth-The Clockmaker's Consort is a sharp romantic heist about timing partnership and earning tomorrow.</p>