A plea from a desperate relative brings Lucy Pickett to Blackwell Manor, where she meets the estate's resident "Beast," the brooding Lord Blackwell. Rumored to have murdered his wife who mysteriously died a month after their wedding, Blackwell is exactly the distraction Lucy doesn't need if she's to uncover the truth behind a mysterious illness and two strange murders. This series opener boasts an intense (but chaste) romance and a supernatural Victorian setting that blends Gothic atmosphere and Steampunk trappings. -- Description by Gillian Speace.
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