Welcome to the sensational new Ladies of Lantern Street series by Amanda Quick where the lives of the Victorian gentry are filled with secrets - and secret powers . . . Novelist and professional companion Evangeline Ames has rented a cottage on the outskirts of Little Dixby far from the London streets where she was recently attacked. Fascinated by the paranormal energy of nearby Crystal Gardens she instinctively goes there for safety where she meets Lucas Sebastian. Lucas and Evangeline immediately sense each others psychic talents as well as their mutual desire. But who wants Evangeline dead? With Evangelines skill for detection and Lucass sense of the criminal mind they soon discover that they share a common enemy. And as the dangerous energy emanating from Crystal Gardens grows stronger they realise that to survive they must unearth what has been buried for too long.