Crystal Gardens

Amanda Quick

Book 1 of Ladies of Lantern Street

Novelist and part-time companion Evangeline Ames flees London for a quiet country cottage, only to be chased by an assailant into the overgrown grounds of a neighboring estate called Crystal Gardens. There she meets the estate's new, brooding owner, psychic investigator Lucas Sebastian, and the two realize they share both a mysterious psychic connection and a common enemy tied to buried secrets and a relative's suspicious death. Together they must untangle a web of occult experiments, old treasure rumors, and a renewed threat on her life. It's a Victorian-set paranormal romantic suspense blending mystery, gothic atmosphere, and a slow-building partnership between the two leads.