Mighty ancient “rings of Aphrodite.”
A mysterious relic that, as Beatrice Pool suspects, played a very important role in the mysterious death of her beloved uncle. But who will believe a girl known as the author of fashionable “gothic novels”? Terrible secrets are everywhere in her thoughts!
In complete despair, Beatrice turns for help to the darkest and most reclusive aristocrat in Britain—the famous historian Leo Drake, living shut away in an isolated estate. And here, it seems, love starts to influence events—love determined to bring happiness to the two most unruly and strange mortals, whether they want it or not…