Arcane Society #4
Putnam
May 2008
On Sale: April 22, 2008
Featuring: Leona Hewitt; Thaddeus Ware
352 pages ISBN: 0399154841 EAN: 9780399154843 Hardcover $24.95
Romance Historical
Called “supremely addictive” by Booklist,
the Arcane Society novels, written under both the Amanda
Quick and
Jayne Ann Krentz names, have pulled readers into a saga
filled with
steamy romance, drama, and dark intrigue. Her newest novel
promises to
mesmerize as well.
Leona Hewitt, disguised in men’s
formal
evening clothes, has secretly made her way into Lord Delbridge’s
private museum to retrieve a relic stolen from her family.
But someone
else is in the dimly lit gallery on the same errand: a tall,
black cloaked man whose very voice is enough to cause her to
fall into a
trance.
Thaddeus Ware, a mesmerist with psychic
gifts, is
accustomed to fearful reactions from others—women, in
particular. After
all, a man who can control the minds of others could rob a
lady of her
virtue—completely unbeknownst to her. But Leona shows no
trace of
hysteria in his presence. A gifted crystal worker, she
exerts a rather
hypnotic power over the hypnotist himself. And she is
determined to
keep the coveted crystal they manage to recover by giving
him the slip
at a run-down London inn.
Thaddeus, on assignment
for the
Arcane Society, knows the menace Leona is courting by
absconding with
the crystal. A source of remarkable energy, it holds the
potential for
great destruction. Lord Delbridge has already killed to
acquire the
crystal, his key to membership in the elite, shadowy group
known as the
Third Circle. And, with the help of a ruthless hunter of
preternatural
skill—dubbed the Midnight Monster by the press—Delbridge
intends to
find Leona. With the stolen crystal in their possession, the
danger is
only beginning.
May 19, 2008
