Sir Merrick Hadrian hunts monsters, both human and
supernatural. A Knight of the Order of the Round Table,
his use of magick and the technologies of steam power have
made him both respected and feared. But his considerable
skills are useless in the face of his greatest challenge,
guardianship of five unusual children. At a loss, Merrick
enlists the aid of a governess.
Miss Caroline Bristol is reluctant to work for a bachelor
but she needs a position, and these former street children
touch her heart. While she tends to break any mechanical
device she touches, it never occurs to her that she might
be something more than human. All she knows is that
Merrick is the most dangerously attractive man she's ever
met—and out of reach for a mere governess.
When conspiracy threatens to blur the distinction between
humans and monsters, Caroline and Merrick must join
forces, and the fate of humanity hinges upon their
combined skills of steam and sorcery...