A tragic love story to haunt your dreams. Just how does a man become a monster? No one is born evil. Are they? The young Doctor Rowland Graves has everything he could want: a promising medical career, a pending professorship at Oxford. Most of all, he has the love of an angel, Elinor Barlow, There are days when he still can't believe his good fortune. But the night he plans to ask for Abraham Barlow’s blessing for a marriage to his daughter, matters are taken out of his hands. Elinor's father announces her engagement to another man. Blindsided by fate, Rowland’s circumstances only get worse from there. More, he suspects he knows who’s behind it: Elinor’s conniving sister, Judith. The lovers put secret plans in place to elope on the night of Hallowtide, but the darkness begins to creep in as Rowland wants to tie up loose ends. Nothing and no one will come between him and Elinor, and he intends to make sure of it. Described as "chilling", "darkly erotic", and "beautifully macabre", The Decline and Fall of Rowland Graves is a Gothic horror novella crafted to satisfy the morbid curiosity of fans of The Devil's Luck about the villainous surgeon's past. But don't worry! Rowland Graves stands on its own—you can enjoy all the lust and lurid details without feeling like you're missing part of the plot. Note: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual activity and some violence, and does not have an HEA ending. Recommended for mature fans of the horror genre only.