![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() On the verge of a stilted life as an aristocrat's wife, Poppy Hammond does the only sensible thing-she flees the chapel in her wedding gown.Īssisted by the handsome curate who calls himself Sebastian Cantrip, she spirits away to her estranged father's quiet country village, pursued by the family she left in uproar. For obsession can prove fatal…and she is in danger of falling prey to more than just desire. His allure is superlative, his dominion over the superstitious town, absolute-and he is determined to bring Theodora under his sway.īefore her sojourn ends-or her novel is complete-Theodora will be forever changed. But all are outstripped in dark glamour by the castle's master, Count Andrei Dragulescu.īewildering and bewitching in equal measure, the brooding nobleman ignites Theodora's imagination and awakens passions in her that she can neither deny nor conceal. She arrives at a magnificent, decaying castle in the Carpathians, replete with eccentric inhabitants: the ailing dowager, the troubled steward, and her own fearful friend, Cosmina. She is bound for Rumania, where tales of vampires are still whispered, to visit an old friend and write the book that will bring her true independence. With a modest inheritance and the three gowns that comprise her entire wardrobe, Theodora leaves Edinburgh-and a disappointed suitor-far behind. A husband, a family, a comfortable life: Theodora Lestrange wants nothing to do with it all. ![]()
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