Firelight

London, 1881. Miranda Ellis has lived with a strange and powerful gift since birth, and she has spent her life trying to keep it under control. One irreversible mistake costs her family its fortune and leaves her bound in marriage to Lord Benjamin Archer, a nobleman with a dark reputation.

Archer hides his disfigured face behind masks, and he knows it is selfish to take a wife. Even so, he is drawn to Miranda, whose touch stirs a passion he has not felt in a very long time. Her red hair and her gift set her apart in a society that would rather not look closely at either.

Then Archer is accused of a series of gruesome murders. Under that pressure he gives way to the beastly side of his nature, which he has worked hard to keep from the world. A curse follows him, and it will not be denied.

Miranda must step into a world of dark magic and darker intrigue if she is to save his soul. She is the only person who sees the man behind the mask.

This is a Victorian paranormal romance with a gothic edge. It pairs an arranged marriage with a slow-burning attraction, and the threat of murder and a curse keeps the mood dark.