New York Times bestselling author Amanda Quick invites you to
experience a thrilling adventure filled with the lure of ancient secrets
and the simmering passions of the Victorian age in the first Arcane
Society novel.
Venetia Milton's memories of a romantic night with Gabriel Jones--an
alchemist's descendant--are shattered soon thereafter by news of his
death. Adopting the guise of his respectable widow, she embarks on a new
career as a fashionable photographer in London, where her unique ability
to "see" beyond her subjects makes her photographs highly prized.
But Venetia's romantic whim causes unexpected trouble. For one thing,
Mr. Jones is about to stride, living and breathing, back into her life.
And someone he is tracking will go to any lengths, even murder, to
possess an ancient, extraordinary secret that has been lost for
centuries. Someone who believes that as the "wife" of Mr. Jones, Venetia
is the key...