Shana Abé

After losing her husband on the RMS Titanic, Madeleine Astor, who is constantly surrounded by scandal, finds her status elevated to that of a virtuous, tragic heroine and must decide whether to accept the role assigned to her or carve out her own extraordinary path. Madeleine Talmage Force attracts the attention of John Jacob "Jack""Astor. Despite their twenty-nine-year age difference, and the scandal of Jack's recent divorce, Madeleine falls headlong...

The survival of the drakon rests in the hands of Zoe Cyprienne Lane, a seamstress's daughter, whose untried and unexpected power may be the key to infiltrating the sanf inimicus and saving the life of Lord Rhys Langford.