The Darkest London #1
Firelight
Kristen Callihan
Editions Grand Central Publishing
372 pages
ISBN: 1455508594
Paru le 31 Janvier 2012
London, 1881
Once the flames are ignited . . .
Miranda Ellis is a woman tormented. Plagued since birth by a strange and powerful gift, she has spent her entire life struggling to control her exceptional abilities. Yet one innocent but irreversible mistake has left her family's fortune decimated and forced her to wed London's most nefarious nobleman.
They will burn for eternity . . . Lord Benjamin Archer is no ordinary man. Doomed to hide his disfigured face behind masks, Archer knows it's selfish to take Miranda as his bride. Yet he can't help being drawn to the flame-haired beauty whose touch sparks a passion he hasn't felt in a lifetime. When Archer is accused of a series of gruesome murders, he gives in to the beastly nature he has fought so hard to hide from the world. But the curse that haunts him cannot be denied. Now, to save his soul, Miranda will enter a world of dark magic and darker intrigue. For only she can see the man hiding behind the mask. *
Once the flames are ignited . . .
Miranda Ellis is a woman tormented. Plagued since birth by a strange and powerful gift, she has spent her entire life struggling to control her exceptional abilities. Yet one innocent but irreversible mistake has left her family's fortune decimated and forced her to wed London's most nefarious nobleman.
They will burn for eternity . . . Lord Benjamin Archer is no ordinary man. Doomed to hide his disfigured face behind masks, Archer knows it's selfish to take Miranda as his bride. Yet he can't help being drawn to the flame-haired beauty whose touch sparks a passion he hasn't felt in a lifetime. When Archer is accused of a series of gruesome murders, he gives in to the beastly nature he has fought so hard to hide from the world. But the curse that haunts him cannot be denied. Now, to save his soul, Miranda will enter a world of dark magic and darker intrigue. For only she can see the man hiding behind the mask. *
Londres, 1881
Benjamin Archer a un sacré problème: il ne peut montrer ouvertement son visage, trop horrible selon lui pour être supporté par la société de cette Angleterre victorienne. Cependant, lorsqu'il croise par hasard le chemin de Miranda Ellis, une jeune femme aussi étonnante qu'effrontée, il cède à l'appel de ses sentiments et d'une vie normale: il l'épousera.
Mais qui est-il pour lui imposer une telle fatalité? Lui pardonnera-t-elle de l'avoir entraînée dans un monde sombre, violent et sans concession? Surtout lorsqu'une série de meurtres les rapproche inexorablement du danger.
Miranda Ellis a elle aussi un sérieux problème: elle possède depuis sa naissance un don aussi incroyable que puissant, un don dont elle se serait bien passé puisqu'il a déjà causé la perte de sa famille. Quand Archer lui demande sa main, d'abord déroutée, Miranda voit en Benjamin un être à son image: différent des normes communément admises et fascinant. Un homme qui devient pour elle une énigme à résoudre et peut-être même un peu plus.**
