In Eternal Love

IN ETERNAL LOVE A JEWISH REGENCY ROMANCE SARA ADRIEN Copyright © 2023 by Sara Adrien All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. For permission requests, contact the author. The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this production are fictitious. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places, buildings, and products is intended or should be inferred. Cover Art by Forever After Romance Designs (ebook front) and Deborah Bradseth (paperback) 1st edition 2023 CONTENTS Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Acknowledgments About the Author For Papi PROLOGUE Richard Nagy had been summoned to Königsberg for reasons he could only imagine. Each made his stomach constrict most uncomfortably. Baron von List, the youngest and most rakish sons of the wealthiest noble family in this part of Prussia had requested his services. He thought himself an agent of the Kaiser, reporting directly to the Austrian empire. But considering the old Gothic stone vaults of this fortress, he must have displeased somehow to have landed so far north. He wished he could be back in Budapest, his Hungarian birthplace and home, which he’d never have had to leave until now. Had he not been thorough enough? His reports incomplete? “Mr. Nagy,” came a thundering voice as the heavy walnut CHAPTER 1 Edinburgh, 1816. Aaron Klonimus had a distinct advantage in life: five brothers. Many would say he was lucky to have a ready-made set of best friends or that a large family in and of itself was a wonderful feat of destiny. But not Aaron. He was more pragmatic and considered the advantage to be that he rarely had to figure anything out for himself. When learning to walk as a baby, he copied Caleb, who was only two years older. For his first attempts at speech, he mimicked Gideon, the eldest. Even in university, he didn’t need to get to know a new city or find a place to live during his studies. He just took over his