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Financially straitened and on the path to spinsterhood, Venetia Milton thought her stay at the remote, ramshackle Arcane House would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to engineer her own ravishment. She was there to photograph the artifacts collected by a highly secretive organization,... read more

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Summary

There is nothing like having a dead husband return from the grave to ruin a fine spring morning….

In financial straits and on a sure path to spinsterhood, Venetia Milton is a Victorian-era photographer who possesses the uncanny ability to see other peoples’ auras. When she is hired to... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

First Sentence

THE SKELETON LAY on an elaborately carved and gilded bed in the center of the ancient laboratory that had become the alchemist's tomb.

Series

This is book 1 in the Arcane Society series.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Amanda Quick (Author) - pseudoymn for Jayne A. Krentz
  2. Jayne A. Krentz (Author)
 

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