Creeping Fate (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798397142823)

London, 1859. Wealthy heiress Cecilia Everett is grieving the loss of her family, but she knows that polite society is expecting her to take a husband. Under the guidance of her indomitable Aunt Euphemia, she must enter the glittering circles of the city's elite.

Cecilia is drawn to two potential suitors, the respectable but difficult Spencer Black and the notorious playboy John Oliver. As she struggles with the biggest decision of her life, she is also trying to acquire the skills of a businesswoman so that she can be mistress of her own wealth.

When strange things begin to happen, Cecilia fears that her mind may be unravelling-and also that her money is more alluring to her suitors than she is. Can she find love among the lies and anchor herself against the gathering storm?

At once witty and mysterious, Creeping Fate takes the reader on a dazzling trip through the salons and theatres of Victorian London, where a tantalizing sense of menace is always lurking round the corner...