The Shadow and the Star

Victorian Historical Romance

Author: Laura Kinsale

THE SHADOWWealthy, powerful and majestically handsome, he is a man of dark secrets–a master of the ancient martial arts of an exotic distant land. Scarred by a childhood of shocking degradation, he has sworn to love chastely… but burns with the fires of unfulfilled passion.THE STARLovely, innocent and nearly destitute, she is drawn to him by a fevered yearning she could….Read More

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