But Nick-who has reason to distrust the whims of wealthy men-is loath to agree.
Ward becomes convinced that Nick, whose Romany mother was reportedly clairvoyant, is the perfect man to assist with his work. In Porthkennack, Ward meets Nicholas Hearn, land steward to the Roscarrock family. Ward’s reputation is in tatters, but he’s determined to continue the work he began after the death of his beloved brother.
When grief-stricken scientist Sir Edward Fitzwilliam provokes public scorn by defending a sham spiritualist, he’s forced to retreat to Porthkennack to lick his wounds. Despite knowing it may damage his career, David cannot turn Euan away.Īs their search progresses, it begins to look as though the trail may lead to none other than Lord Murdo Balfour, and David has to wonder whether it’s possible Murdo could be more than he seems.The stories in the Porthkennack universe can be enjoyed in any order-jump in wherever you'd like! Euan is searching for the government agent who sent his brother to Australia on a convict ship, and other radicals to the gallows. Euan MacLennan, the brother of a convicted radical David once represented, approaches David to beg him for help. Murdo tempts and provokes David in equal measure, forcing him to acknowledge his physical desires.īut Murdo is not the only man distracting David from his work. And as appalled as David is by Murdo’s unrepentant self-interest, he cannot resist the man’s sway. Tormented by his forbidden desires for other men and the painful memories of the childhood friend he once loved, lawyer David Lauriston tries to maintain a celibate existence while he forges his reputation in Edinburgh’s privileged legal world.īut then, into his repressed and orderly life, bursts Lord Murdo Balfour.Ĭynical, hedonistic and utterly unapologetic, Murdo could not be less like David.
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