Second Sight (An Arcane Society Novel) (edit title)

7sneakers7 edited the summary of Second Sight (An Arcane Society Novel) Friday, September 11 2009.

• 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 photograph the strange artifacts in the private collection of the Arcane Society she seizes on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to engineer her own ravishment.

  Her new employer -- Gabriel Jones – is just as mysterious as the relics in the Society’s museum. Not only does he have the eyes of a sorcerer, he is endowed with some unique psychic talents.

  After a night to remember Venetia is prepared to cherish the memories of her romantic encounter and move on, but she is shattered when, shortly after their night together, she reads of Jones’s death in the paper. As a private tribute to her one-time lover, she adopts the name “Mrs. Jones” and the guise of a respectable widow, and embarks on a new career as a fashionable photographer in London.

  But her romantic whim lands her in a world of trouble. For one thing, Mr. Jones is about to stride, living and breathing, back into her life, threatening to ruin the carefully constructed illusion of respectability that is all that stands between her and financial disaster.

  What does one do with an inconvenient husband? Venetia consigns hers to the attic. Keeping him there, however, is a problem.

  Matters deteriorate further when Venetia witnesses a murder and sees the killer’s aura. It soon becomes apparent that she is the only one who can identify the truly scary individual who is after the Arcane Society’s most closely held secret.

  Mr. And Mrs. Jones have no alternative but to join forces in a perilous quest to track down a ruthless opponent.

7sneakers7 edited the description of Second Sight (An Arcane Society Novel) Friday, September 11 2009.

• 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, founded two centuries earlier by an alchemist. And the alchemist's descendant-her employer, Gabriel Jones-has the eyes of a sorcerer.sorcerer.

  But despite Venetia's intent to seduce Mr. Jones and move on, she is shattered upon her return home to read in the press of his violent demise. Using the sizable fee Mr. Jones paid her, Venetia establishes a new life, opening a gallery in London. Of course, posing as a respectable widow makes it easier to do business, so-in a private tribute to her lost, only lover-she assumes the identity of "Mrs. Jones."Jones."

  Her romantic whim, however, will cause unexpected trouble. For one thing, Mr. Jones is about to stride, living and breathing, back into Venetia's life. And the two share more than a passionate memory-indeed, they are bonded by a highly unusual sort of vision, one that goes far beyond Venetia's abilities as a photographer. They also share a terrible threat-for someone has stolen a centuries-old notebook from Arcane House that contains a formula believed to enhance psychic powers of the kind Gabriel and Venetia possess. And the thief wants to know more-even if he must kill the keeper of the Arcane Society's treasures, or the photographer who catalogued them, to obtain such knowledge.

7sneakers7 edited the series of Second Sight (An Arcane Society Novel) Friday, September 11 2009.

• Changed the order to 01 for this book in the series: Arcane Society

7sneakers7 edited the contributors of Second Sight (An Arcane Society Novel) Friday, September 11 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
• Edited a contributor: Amanda Quick: pseudoymn for Jayne A. Krentz (Primary NoneAuthor)

7sneakers7 edited the series of Second Sight (An Arcane Society Novel) Friday, September 11 2009.

• Added this book in the series: Arcane Society (Primary series)

Shelfari edited the description of Second Sight (An Arcane Society Novel) Saturday, August 1 2009.

• 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, founded two centuries earlier by an alchemist. And the alchemist's descendant-her employer, Gabriel Jones-has the eyes of a sorcerer. But despite Venetia's intent to seduce Mr. Jones and move on, she is shattered upon her return home to read in the press of his violent demise. Using the sizable fee Mr. Jones paid her, Venetia establishes a new life, opening a gallery in London. Of course, posing as a respectable widow makes it easier to do business, so-in a private tribute to her lost, only lover-she assumes the identity of "Mrs. Jones." Her romantic whim, however, will cause unexpected trouble. For one thing, Mr. Jones is about to stride, living and breathing, back into Venetia's life. And the two share more than a passionate memory-indeed, they are bonded by a highly unusual sort of vision, one that goes far beyond Venetia's abilities as a photographer. They also share a terrible threat-for someone has stolen a centuries-old notebook from Arcane House that contains a formula believed to enhance psychic powers of the kind Gabriel and Venetia possess. And the thief wants to know more-even if he must kill the keeper of the Arcane Society's treasures, or the photographer who catalogued them, to obtain such knowledge.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Second Sight (An Arcane Society Novel) Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Jayne A. Krentz: (Primary Author)
• Added a contributor: Amanda Quick: (Primary None)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Second Sight (An Arcane Society Novel) Thursday, July 16 2009.

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