In the shadowed heart of Victorian London, Clarissa Hobson is sold to settle her father's debt.
She expects a life of quiet ruin. She does not expect to be taken by a man like Mr. Sharwood.
Cold. Feared. Untouchable.
He intervenes before a brutal creditor can claim her—and brings her behind the iron gates of Blackwater Court, a crumbling estate hidden deep within one of London’s most dangerous slums.
But Clarissa soon learns she has not been rescued.
She has been confined.
The doors are locked. The rules are strict. And her new husband''who barely speaks her name—makes one thing clear:
She will not leave.
Sharwood claims it is for her protection. Clarissa believes it is control.
Yet as whispers echo through the dismal halls and a strange voice drifts from the upper rooms, Clarissa begins to uncover the truth about the house… and the man who rules it.
A man haunted by betrayal.
A man determined to stop the very evil that once destroyed his life.
And a man who may be the only thing standing between her… and the danger waiting beyond the gate.
But when that danger finally comes calling, the walls of Blackwater Court will not be enough to keep it out.
And Clarissa must decide:
Is she a prisoner in this house—
Or the one woman who can bring it back to life?
Genre: Historical Romance
She expects a life of quiet ruin. She does not expect to be taken by a man like Mr. Sharwood.
Cold. Feared. Untouchable.
He intervenes before a brutal creditor can claim her—and brings her behind the iron gates of Blackwater Court, a crumbling estate hidden deep within one of London’s most dangerous slums.
But Clarissa soon learns she has not been rescued.
She has been confined.
The doors are locked. The rules are strict. And her new husband''who barely speaks her name—makes one thing clear:
She will not leave.
Sharwood claims it is for her protection. Clarissa believes it is control.
Yet as whispers echo through the dismal halls and a strange voice drifts from the upper rooms, Clarissa begins to uncover the truth about the house… and the man who rules it.
A man haunted by betrayal.
A man determined to stop the very evil that once destroyed his life.
And a man who may be the only thing standing between her… and the danger waiting beyond the gate.
But when that danger finally comes calling, the walls of Blackwater Court will not be enough to keep it out.
And Clarissa must decide:
Is she a prisoner in this house—
Or the one woman who can bring it back to life?
Genre: Historical Romance
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