Against the glamorous
backdrop of Victorian high society, Liz Carlyle paints
a dramatic tale of danger, deceit and endless desire,
the first in her sizzling new trilogy.
Welcome to the world of the
Fraternitas Aureae Crucis,
an ancient society so secret, few believe it ever really
existed . . .Desperation drove
her into the arms of a devil . . .
Grace Gauthier had taken a position
as governess hoping to find security and peace in a
life that had very little of either. She’s always yearned
for a good marriage, a family, and a home, but it was
not to be. And when the brutal murder
of her employer leaves her unprotected and alone—as
Scotland Yard’s prime suspect—she has no one to turn
to except the mysterious and reclusive Lord Ruthveyn.
A dark-eyed Lucifer, Ruthveyn guards
his secrets carefully. His shadowed past as the Queen’s
most trusted agent in India is the stuff of whispered
rumor, as is his mixed ancestry.
Deeply moved by her plight—and haunted by her beauty—Ruthveyn
is determined to save Grace by unmasking a killer. But
his growing passion for her soon places his own heart
at risk and threatens to expose his dark gifts—and his
dark society—to the world....