Today I’m delighted to be shining a spotlight on Anthea Laurelton’s novel, Fearless Hearts Forbidden Love, a historical romance set in Ancient Sparta, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club.

Blurb

To save her city, she must risk her life.
To fulfil his oath, he must harden his heart.
Together, they stand to lose everything.

Spartan warrior, Diokles, has waited years for the opportunity to right a failure that torments his heart and integrity. Sent to hunt down a threat to Sparta, this campaign may be his final chance to restore his honour and uncover the traitor whose actions blighted his life. Success is at his fingertips, but when duty forces him to take an unwilling accomplice, his plans are challenged in ways he never foresaw.

Leandra, high priestess of Apollysis, stands at the edge of revelation and ruin. Haunted by fragments of a forgotten past, she alone can uncover the truth that will save her city. To do so, she must wear the fabled Coronet of Apollo, a sacred act that could cost her life.

Bound together by necessity and desire, captor and captive race into danger the closer they draw to the shrine of Apollo. With a relentless enemy closing in, one who seeks Diokles dead and Leandra for himself, their growing passion becomes both their greatest strength and their most perilous weakness.

In a time where prophecy, honour, and blood rule, love was never part of the plan.

An epic historical adventure romance of bravery, betrayal, and forbidden desire.

Fearless Hearts Forbidden Love
is available via this Universal Buy Link

Fearless Hearts Forbidden Love is a fully edited, revised version of Spartan Quest – Salvation with extra scenes.

Anthea Laurelton

Anthea Laurelton writes sweeping romances inspired by Ancient Sparta and Greek mythology. Her stories combine historical elements, forbidden love, dangerous quests and emotionally complex heroines for readers of mythological and historical fantasy.

A fan of sword and sandal movies, her plots blend slow-burn romance, dangerous quests, warrior culture and family intrigue for readers who crave epic adventures. Falling in love with Greek mythology at the age of thirteen, her love of the Spartans especially, came after reading Roger Lancelyn Green’s The Tale of Troy where she cheered on Menelaus to take his queen back!

She left a career in IT to pursue her passion for storytelling and pander to an extremely spoilt German Shepherd whom she refers to as ‘The Muse’.

A former equestrian, Anthea enjoys keeping active and has a bucket list of travel destinations waiting to be fulfilled.

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Book Title: Fearless Hearts Forbidden Love
Series: Hearts of Sparta Trilogy
Author Name: Anthea Laurelton
Publication Date: 8 September 2025
Publisher: Self-published
Pages: 336 (Kindle)
Genre: Historical Romance, Historical Fantasy