[Dark Regency 04] • A Love So Dark

Having no fortune, a negligible reputation and an appearance that could only be described as plain, Miss Olympia Daventry accepts a betrothal sight unseen to a man society whispers about, a reclusive madman whom no one has seen in a decade or more. Married by proxy to a stranger, it’s an uncertain fate, but a better one than awaits her in her aunt’s home, treated as less than a servant and reminded with every breath of the wages of sin. But at her first sight of Darkwood Hall and her husband, Albus Griffin, Lord Darke, Olympia has cause to doubt the wisdom of her choice.

Large, shrouded in darkness, foreboding and ominous—the description suits both the house and the man. And yet the first touch of his hand stirs something inside her, something wild and primal that makes her feel alive in a way she has never known.

A bride was Griffin’s only option if he wished to save the family home and keep all the secrets locked within its walls. Though he’d vowed never to marry, never to subject any woman to the darkness that haunts his family, Griffin finds himself inexplicably drawn to his new wife—eager for her company, her voice… her touch. After a lifetime spent avoiding even a hint of strong emotion, he is beset with lust, with infatuation and jealousy. With it comes the madness that has claimed all the men of his line.

To save Olympia, Griffin will have to defy his every desire and do the very last thing he wants… he will have to let her go.