Historical Romance by Anna Kensington

ANNA
KENSINGTON

Scandal. War. Bad Decisions.

Historical romance full of impossible choices, inconvenient attraction, dangerous history, and people who absolutely should know better.

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Love stories across history

History was never tidy.
Neither were the people living it.

I write historical romance about people falling in love while the world around them is busy making everything considerably more difficult. Some books are sweeping and romantic. Some are darker, stranger, and badly behaved. All of them belong to history.

Historical Romance

Sweeping love stories.

War. Scandal. Impossible choices.

Historical romance for readers who want longing, conflict, dangerous circumstances, and people fighting like hell for their happily ever after.

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Rogue History

History behaving badly.

Bright Covers. Dark History. Terrible Decisions.

The darker, stranger, more unruly side of Anna Kensington. Spicy historical romance where real history is dangerous, people are complicated, and nobody behaves nearly as well as they should.

Enter Rogue History
Soot, Sin, and Slaughter by Anna Kensington

Coming September 1, 2026

Soot, Sin,
and Slaughter

“There are leeches here, both literal and otherwise. Some suck blood. Some just suck.”

A spicy Victorian historical romance set in Whitechapel during the Jack the Ripper murders, about a woman who refuses to become a victim, an investigator who learns better than to underestimate her, and a killer stalking the gaslit streets.

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History was brutal, strange, funny, dangerous, and deeply human. People still fell in love.

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About the author

Anna Kensington

I write historical romance, from sweeping love stories to the darker, stranger books of Rogue History. I am especially fond of inconvenient attraction, complicated people, historical disasters, and characters making choices that seemed much more sensible five minutes earlier.

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Reader Reviews

What Readers Are Saying

“A wonderful romance… kept me guessing all the way through.”
Kristen W. Goodreads review of Beautiful Heretic
“Maeve and our hero Rhys are perfect together, and the chemistry is on point.”
Lady Mercury Goodreads review of A Shadow in Time
“Another great adventure. I had a hard time putting this book down.”
Traci S. Reader review

Romance, danger, impossible choices, and apparently a fair amount of lost sleep.