There is something about a hero who feels too damaged to be loved that always tugs at my heart. Such a hero needs a heroine who sees below the surface to the man underneath. Is that not what we all want? To be loved for the person we are at our very core?
I hope you enjoy The Unlacing of Miss Leigh, my unabashed homage to The Phantom of the Opera and all Beauty and the Beast stories. This tale is linked to my story Justine and the Noble Viscount in the anthology The Diamonds of Welbourne Manor.
To Patty Suchy, who always told me I’d love the movie The Phantom of the Opera.
She was s-o-o-o-o-o right!