Mesmerized (The Mad Morelands, 1) - Softcover

Camp, Candace

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9781335016720: Mesmerized (The Mad Morelands, 1)

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ISBN 10: 1335016724 ISBN 13: 9781335016720

Publisher: HQN, 2017

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The only way to fight a powerful darkness is with a powerful love

Olivia Moreland prides herself on discrediting charlatans, particularly the false mediums that flock to London. But when Lord Stephen St. Leger requests her help in investigating an alleged psychic’s claims, she can’t deny the ominous feeling she has within the walls of his ancient estate—or the intimately familiar connection she has with Stephen himself.

The last time he’d called Blackhope Hall home, Stephen had watched as his elder brother claimed both the family title and the woman he loved. Now, in the wake of his brother’s murder, Stephen has reluctantly returned to find his family ensconced in scandal. Who is responsible for his brother’s untimely death? And what is it about investigator Olivia Moreland that so thoroughly draws him in, reigniting a passion he hasn’t felt in years?

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About the Author:

Candace Camp is a New York Times bestselling author of over sixty novels of contemporary and historical romance. She grew up in Texas in a newspaper family, which explains her love of writing, but she earned a law degree and practiced law before making the decision to write full-time. She has received several writing awards, including the RT Book Reviews Lifetime Achievement Award for Western Romances. Visit her at www.candace-camp.com.

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Although Olivia Moreland is one of the "Mad Morelands," so named by Victorian society because of her family's ample store of eccentricities, she doesn't believe in ghosts, spirits, or anything otherworldly. What Olivia does believe is that the mediums who hold seances are charlatans, so she sets herself up as an "Investigator of Psychic Phenomena." The problem is, unbeknownst to her, this avid nonbeliever is psychic herself, and no one is more surprised than Olivia herself when she starts seeing real ghosts. Stephen, Lord St. Leger, also begins observing them. He hires Olivia to prove that his mother's medium is a fake, and Olivia is drawn to him as specters of two lovers from the Middle Ages haunt their days and nights. Camp has ever so skillfully intertwined the tale of Stephen and Olivia with suspenseful flashbacks to the mysterious medieval couple. From its delicious beginning to its satisfying ending, Camp's delectable paranormal offers a double helping of romance. A sure bet for connoisseurs of Amanda Quick's Lavinia Lake and Tobias March books (Slightly Shady [2001], Don't Look Back [2002], and Late for the Wedding [BKL F 15 03]). Shelley Mosley
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