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SECOND SIGHT

Second Sight, May 2006
Arcane Society #1
by Amanda Quick

Putnam
Featuring: Venetia Milton; Gabriel Jones
400 pages
ISBN: 0399153527
EAN: 9780399153525
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SECOND SIGHT
Amanda Quick

Reviewed by Suan Wilson
Posted April 5, 2006

Romance | Romance Historical

Needing funds to support her family, Venetia Milton accepts the strange assignment to photograph artifacts collected by a century-old secretive organization in a remote area. After meeting her employer, Gabriel Jones, Venetia decides to seduce the wickedly handsome man. She realizes with her secrets, she'll never marry and doesn't want to miss passion in her life. In the midst of her seduction, intruders break into the isolated house. Bundled off to her home, Venetia hears nothing from Gabriel until a notice appears in the paper reporting his death in a mysterious fire. Reinventing herself as his widow, Venetia opens a photography studio, calling herself Mrs. Gabriel Jones.

Gabriel Jones seeks to uncover the men trying to steal ancient secrets from his ancestor, who was an alchemist. Months before, Gabriel and his cousin unearthed the alchemist's tomb, finding a strongbox filled with codes and secrets. Arranging for its transportation to his home, Gabriel finds an unknown villain who'll commit murder to gain the knowledge the alchemist left behind -- a formula designed to enhance psychic powers. Gabriel encounters the alluring Venetia as she photographs his discovery, but thieves steal into Gabriel's home and their passionate interlude is interrupted.

Returning to London after his unsuccessful attempt to capture the thieves, Gabriel finds himself playing the role of Venetia's resurrected husband. As they acknowledge their secret psychic powers, they grow closer. However, danger stalks Venetia, and Gabriel must unearth the villain before he strikes again.

SECOND SIGHT is a familiar tale from New York Times bestselling author Ms. Quick. Fans will be pleased as the characters are drawn into an entertaining blend of danger, desire and the paranormal.

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SUMMARY

Financially straitened and on the path to spinsterhood, Venetia Milton thought her stay at the remote, ramshackle Arcane House would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to engineer her own ravishment. She was there to photograph the artifacts collected by a highly secretive organization, founded two centuries earlier by an alchemist. And the alchemist's descendant - her employer, Gabriel Jones - had the eyes of a sorcerer… But despite her intent to seduce the man and move on, she is shattered to return home and, just a week later, read of his violent demise in the press. She uses the sizable fee Mr. Jones paid and establishes a new life, opening a gallery in London. Of course, posing as a respectable widow makes it easier to do business, so - in a private tribute to her lost, only lover - she takes on the identity of β€œMrs. Jones.” But her romantic whim will cause unexpected trouble. For one thing, Mr. Jones is about to stride, living and breathing, back into her life. And the two share more than a memory of passion - indeed, they are bonded by a highly unusual sort of vision, one that goes far beyond Venetia's abilities as a photographer. They also have in common a terrible threat - for someone has stolen a centuries-old notebook from Arcane House, containing a formula believed to enhance psychic powers of the kind Gabriel and Venetia possess. And the thief wants to know more - even if he must kill the keeper of the Arcane Society's treasures, or photographer who catalogued them, to obtain such knowledge.

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BOOK SERIES

Arcane Society

Second Sight
SECOND SIGHT
#1.0 β€’ May 2006
White Lies
WHITE LIES
#2.0 β€’ February 2007
Sizzle and Burn
SIZZLE AND BURN
#3.0 β€’ February 2008
The Third Circle
THE THIRD CIRCLE
#4.0 β€’ May 2008
Running Hot
RUNNING HOT
#5.0 β€’ January 2009
The Perfect Poison
THE PERFECT POISON
#6.0 β€’ May 2009
Midnight Crystal
MIDNIGHT CRYSTAL
#9.0 β€’ September 2010
In Too Deep
IN TOO DEEP
#10.0 β€’ January 2011
Quicksilver
QUICKSILVER
#11.0 β€’ April 2011
Canyons of Night
CANYONS OF NIGHT
#12.0 β€’ September 2011

 

 

 

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