In this Arcane Society novel set in Victorian England, Leona Hewitt, a gifted crystal worker, isn't the only one sneaking into Lord Delbridge's private museum to recover a relic. Thaddeus Ware, a mesmerist with psychic gifts, is on a similar mission. Neither one of them has any idea that this relic--a rare ancient crystal--will lead them in a deadly chase where danger and desire await.

Resourceful Lavinia Lake's life becomes increasingly complicated after she becomes involved with Mr. Tobias March, an investigator who claims he has traced a dangerous villain to her store in Rome.

Virginia Dean wakes up at midnight beside a dead body, with a bloody knife in her hand and no memory of the evening's events. Dark energy, emanating from the mirrors lining the room, overpowers her senses. With no apparent way in or out, she is rescued by a man she has met only once before, but won't soon forget.

Lavinia Lake has embraced her new profession ('Private Enquiries. Descretion Assured'), and is considering a tasteful advertisement in the newspaper, against the wishes of her sometime partner Tobias March. Tobias is determined to protect her, while Lavinia is just as determined to be an equal partner in their business. But before she finishes penning the ad, an old friend delivers the shocking news that his young wife has been murdered, and an antique...

Hired to tutor four orphaned girls at remote, ramshackle Aldwick Castle, Miss Concordia Glade is pleased to find her pupils both eager and bright.

Botanist Lucinda Bromley hires Caleb Jones, a psychical investigator to help with the murder investigation of an English lord. Caleb and Lucinda are drawn into the dark heart of a deadly conspiracy that can be traced to the early days of the Arcane Society--and to a legacy of madness that oculd plunge Caleb into the depths of his own tortured soul...

It isn't easy making a living as a lady's companion when one possesses a sharp tongue and an original mind. That's why Emma Greyson has gone through three such positions in six months. Her current post at a tiresome country house party has her bored to tears—until an extraordinary encounter with the legendary Edison Stokes leads to a secret position as his assistant.
Stokes is on a peculiar mission, searching for an anonymous thief who has...

When a blackmailer threatens her Aunt Zoe, Iphiginia knows she can ferret out the villain. A 26-year-old vixen with the intellect to match her beauty, Iphiginia descends on London society as the dazzling mistress of the missing Earl of Masters--another supposed victim of the blackmailer. But when the missing earl suddenly reappears at a ball, Iphiginia is caught in her own clever lie.

Amanda Quick returns to the world of Regency England in this book, where a bold widow and an enigmatic scholar are drawn by a bewildering mystery into a perilous brew of passion and danger...

"Evangeline Ames has rented a country cottage far from the London streets where she was recently attacked. Fascinated by the paranormal energy of nearby Crystal Gardens, she finds pleasure in sneaking past the wall to explore the grounds. And when her life is threatened again, she instinctively goes to the gardens for safety. Lucas Sebastian has never been one to ignore a lady in danger, even if she is trespassing on his property. Quickly disposing...