Julia Quinn’s The Duke and I meets Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre in this gothic historical fantasy about a scholar caught in a marriage of convenience who must unravel the secrets at the heart of a magical estate before it consumes him.

Kit has just married the only man he’s ever hated.

He always knew he would marry for his family’s interest, but never expected an offer from Viscount Malvern, the cold, arrogant neighbor he hasn’t seen since a drunken, charged encounter neither of them acknowledges.

Now Kit must adjust to a husband who seems to regret choosing him. Icy, proper, and determined to keep Kit at a distance, Malvern shows little interest in his charming new spouse—though the way he sometimes stares is anything but cold.

Their plan to lead separate lives is disrupted when renovations on their old townhouse unearths a collection of long dead bodies and even longer dead secrets. As Kit begins to investigate, he suspects Malvern may know more than he admits and that their marriage was never merely convenient.