The Dark Lady
A Novel of Mad Passions
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Publisher Description
The Victorian era was full of majestic beauty and scandalous secrets—a time when corsets were the least of a woman’s restrictions, and men could kill or be killed in the name of honor.…
Lord Ian Blake has returned from India a broken man. Years ago, he pledged to Lady Eva Carin—his childhood companion and first love—that he would bring her husband back alive. His failure haunts him. But even his jaded soul can’t anticipate the shocking sight of beautiful, independent Eva confined in a madhouse.…
Locked in an asylum, forgotten by society, Eva is adrift in both body and mind. For Ian to break her free, they must cross a powerful enemy—and prove her sanity to England’s unforgiving aristocracy. But the biggest danger of all may come when the secrets of Eva’s tragic past are finally unlocked....
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This dramatic 1865 romance from promising debut author Claremont involves a classic love triangle: two orphans who've loved each other from childhood but promised their benefactor, Lord Carin, they would first and foremost be loyal to his son, Hamilton. For beautiful Eva, this means marrying Hamilton even though she doesn't love him; for Ian, it means enlisting in the army to protect him, until Hamilton turns out to be irredeemably brutal. When Hamilton dies in India and Ian returns to England, he learns that Eva's child has died in an accident, and she's been committed to a madhouse after succumbing to grief. While determined to rescue her, he is unable to quell doubts about her sanity and concerns over the secrets in their past. For those who like tortured heroes and fragile heroines, Claremont delivers a tale of love, determination, scandal and plenty of angst that goes on long after the reader has guessed who the real villain is.
