Her Time Traveling Duke

Magic meets science and sunshine meets grumpy when a love spell whisks a Regency-era duke to modern times.

Rose Novak, a free-spirited museum employee who dabbles in magic, has had her share of disappointments. So when she tries a little spell for a romance with an "old-fashioned gentleman," she doesn't really expect it to work...especially literally. And yet, the duke from a painting she admired at the museum is now standing in her apartment, demanding to know who abducted him.

A man of science and truth, Henry Leighton-Lyons, the Duke of Beresford, has searched tirelessly for a way to turn back time and be with his late wife again. Instead, just as he's about to pose for his portrait, he's ripped centuries forward by a feckless, scantily dressed--and utterly bewitching--woman who believes in nonsense like magical crystals and astrology.

Unable to immediately reverse her spell, Rose vows to help Henry return to his own century, even though disguises and high jinks are required to get their hands on an enchanted astrolabe and master the art of time travel. But it's hard not to fall for the irritable yet honorable duke.

Little does she know that he's starting to wonder: did a reckless love spell get it right, after all?

Author: Bryn Donovan
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: 12/09/2025
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 7.92h x 5.32w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780593816615


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/01/2025
Publishers Weekly 09/29/2025
Library Journal 10/01/2025 pg. 87
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2025

About the Author
Bryn Donovan is the author of several romance novels, including Sunrise Cabin, a Publishers Weekly bestseller. She's also written nonfiction books and the story treatments for two Hallmark Channel movies. Her work has appeared in McSweeney's, Writer's Digest, and many literary journals. A former executive editor in publishing, she earned her MFA in creative writing from the University of Arizona. She's a voracious reader, a rescue-dog lover, and a hopeless romantic who lives in the Chicago area and blogs about writing and positivity.