In Victorian London, a lovelorn fifty-three-year-old widow discovers she is the muse for a young artist.

Widowed, middle-class, and past her prime, Leonora Aldbury is unwelcome amongst Victorian England’s upper crust and denied the opportunities Society can bring — including romantic attachments. She aches for sensual fulfillment, fantasizing about a young artist who sketches in London’s National Gallery. During a daring encounter, the artist offers Leonora an intriguing invitation. Will she risk respectability for a chance at love?

“The Invitation” is an older woman / younger man, age gap romance short story of 3,946 words set in Regina Kammer’s Victorian Art & Discipline universe. The characters in “The Invitation”, Leonora Aldbury and the artist Jasper Dawson, will be integrated into future Art & Discipline books.

Art & Discipline

Beneath prim and proper Victorian society lies a world of unconventional artistic endeavors and sensual pursuits.

Book 1: The Westerman Affair

Book 1.5 (short story): “The Invitation”

Keywords: Older woman younger man romance, reverse age gap romance, artist hero, widow, seasoned romance, romance later in life, second chance romance, taking a risk, unlikely love, historical romance series, Victorian historical romance, Victorian erotic romance, historical romance short story, romance short story