Book description
Lady Katherine Gainsworth is compromised into a marriage of
convenience which takes her from her English home to the to Prussian
Duchy of Heldenburg. Once there, she is introduced to her future
in-laws, the van Krohnensteins, but finds they have some
unconventional ideas of how to welcome her into the family.
Although Heldenburg seems outwardly respectable, it has a thriving
underworld of secret clubs devoted to illicit and bizarre pleasures.
Katherine soon finds out from her ally and secret lover, Sergei, that
the Count himself is no stranger to these places. Caught up in an
intrigue of political treachery, jewel theft and sexual blackmail,
Katherine is determined to keep control of her own destiny.
Lucinda Carrington is the author of
A Dangerous Game,
Th
e Ninety Days Of Genevieve, The Master Of Shilden
and
A Dangerous Lady,
all available from
Black Lace.