Alchemy of Desire

The perfect Alchemist's daughter.Sybil Grant wants the one thing she can't have-to be an alchemist. Even though women are barred from working in the forge, she's developed her skills quietly, secretly. But it's not enough. To give her inventions life, she needs the kind of knowledge only gained through an apprenticeship, something she'll never have. Unless she can convince a fascinating man born to break rules to share a few fire-side secrets.The fallen transcendent rogue.Mr. Apollo Chester (only mister, unfortunately) is London's bad boy, a fallen angel without a soul. He's lost everything-title, money, magic-and he wants it back. He'll do anything to get it, even become an apprentice to the Alchemist Guild's dubious master. Even follow the beguiling, feisty woman he wronged into the wilds of Yorkshire.An unlikely partnership turns to passion.She has the innate talent he needs. He has the apprenticeship knowledge she craves. And when an abduction and an alchemist myth bind them, they must rely on each other to forge their futures. They can teach each other how to handle the heat of metal, but can they teach their hearts to embrace the unexpected perils of love? A divided society will keep them apart, unless they can forge a new world in the heat of love. Together.

Dive into a gorgeous new gaslamp Victorian romantasy by USA Today Bestselling author Charlie Lane.She digs graves. He robs them. But can he steal her heart? Widowed alchemist Persephone Graves seeks forgiveness. She clings to the edges of poverty, digging graves to keep off the streets. And to atone. Her husband's death was her fault, and she'll somehow make it right one shovelful of soil at a time.No matter how powerful his glamours, the Duke of Morington needs money. And he knows just where to get it. The tombs in the alchemist cemetery hold treasures–the final inventions of dead alchemists. Selling one or two to the highest-bidding investor will revive his family's depleted coffers.When a dirt-covered, trousers-clad Persephone tries to stop him from pillaging the graves, he ignores her sharp wit and the curves hiding beneath her man's shirt. Until he needs her. Only Persephone can open the alchemist tombs. And perhaps only she can change a thief's coal-black heart to gold.From London to Manchester, two unlikely partners in crime fight, kiss, laugh, and, if they can dig each other out of loneliness, fall in love.