About the book: 1996 / Proud and lonely lady Julianna Kingblood, who has decided to remain an old maid until the end of her days, unexpectedly experiences the shock of her first timid feeling, but the object of her belated interest turns her head passion - the mercantile Duke Dashmar, who dreams of snatching a rich female on the cynical London bride market, treacherously marries another. With a scandal, challenging the insidious traitor and the entire disgusted social gathering of snobs and nouveau riche, the independent Julianna, with a broken heart, hides in the family estate, not afraid of evil spirits and creepy ghosts, rumored to live in the ancient mansion of her grandfather-marquis. But the mirage of flesh does sometimes appear in the dark, bursting into the bedchamber, tempting with kisses and exciting with gentle touches.…