When Annalise Fernsby went in search of answers about her father's past, she found Countess Oreste...and an intriguing world full of possibility. Desperate for a solution for her family's imminent destitution, Annalise Fernsby discovers a scandalous possibility at the House of Virtue, and throws herself headlong into it. Eryx Wilder craves the kind of respectability Miss Fernsby takes for granted. He'll stop her from ruining herself - no matter how much she hates him for it. Even if it the price of her innocence is more than he ever expected to pay... First in a new steamy Victorian romance series, packed with adventure and intrigue. Each book contains a full romance arc with HEA while following the Countess Oreste through a world of passion and mystery.