Cecily Leighton has lost everyone she ever loved. Awash with grief and destitute, she arrives in London at the home of her uncle, the eccentric Baron Hyssop, who grants her a dowry and a single Season in Town to find a suitable husband. If she fails, she faces an uncertain life as an unwanted burden. But the beau monde is uninterested in a young woman with a questionable background, no matter how lovely.
Julius Darkwood is gentry only by virtue of his vast fortune. An enigma of a man with a poor reputation, he rarely turns up in the gilded mansions of London’s elite. But a chance encounter with a woman of rare magickal talent has him skulking through the ballroom, trying to secure an introduction to Lord Hyssop’s orphaned niece.
The glittering city rests uneasy. Strange beings stalk the gaslit streets. And now, the Baron has disappeared without a trace.
And somehow Mr. Darkwood is at the center of it all. On the ballroom floor. Dancing with Cecily.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Julius Darkwood is gentry only by virtue of his vast fortune. An enigma of a man with a poor reputation, he rarely turns up in the gilded mansions of London’s elite. But a chance encounter with a woman of rare magickal talent has him skulking through the ballroom, trying to secure an introduction to Lord Hyssop’s orphaned niece.
The glittering city rests uneasy. Strange beings stalk the gaslit streets. And now, the Baron has disappeared without a trace.
And somehow Mr. Darkwood is at the center of it all. On the ballroom floor. Dancing with Cecily.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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