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Description edit
A MASKED MAN . . .
Winter Makepeace lives a double life. By day he’s the stoic headmaster of a home for foundling children. But the night brings out a darker side of Winter. As the moon rises, so does the Ghost of St. Giles—protector, judge, fugitive. When the Ghost, beaten and wounded, is...
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Characters edit
- Lady Isabel Beckinhall: Heroine and widow. Her late husband bought her a London home before his death because all his other property was caught up in an entail. Isabel is a patroness for Winter's home.
- Mr. Winter Makepeace: Manager of children's home
- Edmund: Isabel's late husband
- Mr. Roger Fraser-Burnsby: A suitor who is murdered at the opera
- Lady Whimple: Add a description of this character.
- Mr. Godric St. John
- Pilar: An orphan girl Winter finds and brings back to his foundling home
- Mr. Charles Seymour
- Dodo: a stray dog that belongs to Pilar
- John Coachman: Member of Isabel's staff
- Harold: Member of Isabel's staff
- Mandeville
- Thomas: Member of Isabel's staff
- Margaret Reading: One of the patronesses of the children's home
- Mistress Medina: Winter's friend and new cook at the home
- Stanley Gilpin
- Alice
- Peach: Pilar's nickname
- Joseph Tinbox: One of the boys at the children's home
- Mrs. Butterman
- Miss Artemis Greaves
- Mickey O'Connor: A pirate who escapes being hung
- Joseph Smith
- Joseph Chance
- Lord Griffin
- Louise
- Nell Jones
- Viscount d'Arque: A french aristocrate
- Lavinia Tate
- Mr. Butterman
- Daniel Defoe: Author of Robbinson Crusoe
- Carruthers
- Earl of Kershaw
- Trevillion
- Pinkney
- Moll Flanders: A fictiion heroian and title of a novel
- Henry Putman
- Mary Whitsun
- Arlington
- Penelope Chadwicke
- Tommy
- Christopher: son of Edmound and Louise
- Phoebe Batten
- Temperance Huntington
- Mistress Cook
- Mr. Hurt
- Amelia Caire
- Mrs. Seymour
- Ghost of St. Giles: A masked man who acts like a vigilante. he wears a Harliquin costume, and seems to be inspired by Batman
- Harlequin: A character from the Italian comedy del arte. The actor or puppet wears a dimond pattern close-fitting outfit and a black mask
First Sentence edit
The body in the road was the absolute cap to the day.
Table of Contents edit
Chapters 1- 20
Epilogue
Series & Lists edit
This is book 4 of 7 in Maiden Lane. (standard series)
Preceded by Scandalous Desires, and followed by Lord of Darkness.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Elizabeth Hoyt (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: July 2012
ISBN: 9781455508327
Page Count: 384
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: July 2012
ISBN: 9781455508327
Page Count: 384
Subjects edit
- Books › Romance › Historical
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