Emma V. Leech

A vanished lady. A wounded gentleman. One dangerous truth.
A Darkly Romantic Victorian tale from Best Selling Novellist Emma V leech, of a vanished woman, a wounded gentleman, and a dangerous web of secrets that binds them together.
Lord Thomas Barrington — known to his friends as Thorn — has always been the steady one among the Wicked Sons. Until the night he crosses the wrong enemy. Ambushed, beaten, and left for dead by the man determined to destroy the Sons of Hades gambling club, Thorn’s life hangs by a thread.

Then an angel finds him.

A beautiful, mysterious woman rescues him and hides him in the cellar of her home, tending his wounds with gentle hands and a fearful heart. She calls herself Marie, but refuses to tell him anything more — not her true name, not why he must remain hidden, not why she trembles at the sound of her domineering brother’s footsteps overhead.

Thorn is captivated.

And then she forces him to leave.

Terrified her brother will discover the wounded man she has been sheltering, Marie begs Thorn to forget her. But Thorn cannot. Even concussed and confined to bed by his doctor, he sends his family to thank her — and offer her help.

Marie is gone.
And the woman now living in the house insists she never existed.

Heartbroken and bewildered, Thorn is forced to accept the worst: Marie must have been in league with his attacker. She kept him drugged, hidden, and helpless while his family feared him dead. It is better — safer — to forget her.

Then the letter arrives.

Marie writes, begging for his help. And Thorn, knowing full well it may be a trap, cannot ignore her. Whether she is angel or deceiver, victim or accomplice, he must know the truth.

Because Thorn has never been able to forget the woman who saved his life…
or the way she made him feel.

A vanished lady.
A wounded gentleman.
A dangerous game of truth and lies.

Whatever Marie is hiding, Thorn is determined to uncover it — even if it breaks his heart all over again.