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"Terrific historical romantic suspense"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted January 1, 2005

While Queen Victoria grieves the loss of her beloved Albert and the members of Polite Society emulate her wearing mourning jewelry, psychical research is the rage. When Adam Hardesty enters medium Elizabeth Delmont's home, he finds her dead, her skull crushed by a poker. She is Read more...

"Dark, edgy Victorian romance with an intriguing mystery."
Reviewed by Suan Wilson
Posted January 14, 2005

Sensational novelist Caroline Fordyce attends a séance gathering information for an upcoming book. After her departure, the psychic is brutally murdered. Having survived a devastating scandal three years ago, Caroline cannot afford to be linked to another. Her writing supports her elderly aunts and another scandal could destroy her career Read more...

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Summary

Murdered psychics, mysterious séances, and a man with a dangerous past. Welcome to a world of shadows, fog and gaslights Victorian London. Adam Hardesty intends to do whatever it takes to protect his family's secrets. He can handle murder and blackmail but an inconvenient attraction to Caroline Fordyce, a scandalous author of lurid "sensation" novels complicates his life in ways he never imagined....