Though several people surrounded her, sipping negligently at their wine and laughing, she seemed somehow apart. She was leaning against a wall, not ten feet away. It was her stillness that drew his attention. Tonight he meant to exact a promise on that account. Rumors in the bazaar daily grew darker, and it was clear to him now that if Calcutta would not act, the local government must. He stood at the top of the room, half attending to the feverish chatter around him, his eyes fixed on the door. Waiting for the Commissioner's arrival had put him on edge. Julian first noticed her because she looked so bored. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. But in a time of terrible darkness, he and Emma will discover that love itself can be perilous - and that a single decision can alter one's life forever.Ī lifetime of grief later, in a cold London spring, Emma and Julian must finally confront the truth: no matter how hard one tries to deny it, some pasts cannot be disowned.and some passions never die. Cynical and impatient with both worlds, Julian has never imagined that the place he might belong is in the embrace of a woman with a reluctant laugh and haunted eyes.

In London, they toast Sinclair with champagne. She must turn for help to the one man whom she should not trust, but cannot resist: Julian Sinclair, the dangerous and dazzling heir to the Duke of Auburn. But when the pillars of privilege topple, her fiancé's betrayal leaves Emma no choice.

Sick of tragedy, done with rebellion, Emmaline Martin vows to settle quietly into British Indian society.

In a debut romance as passionate and sweeping as the British Empire, Meredith Duran paints a powerful picture of an aristocrat torn between two worlds, an heiress who dares to risk everything.and the love born in fire and darkness that nearly destroys them.

The Duke of Shadows by Meredith Duran