New York Times bestselling author Amanda QuickĀ 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.
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Venetia Miltonās memories of a romantic night with Gabriel Jonesāan alchemistās descendantāare 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 āseeā beyond her subjects makes her photographs highly prized.
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But Venetiaās 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 āwifeā of Mr. Jones, Venetia is the key...