The Shadow and the Star (Victorian Hearts #2)
Laura Kinsale
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· 17 ratings · 468 pages · Published: 15 Sep 1991
Wealthy, powerful and majestically handsome, he is a man of dark secrets--a master of the ancient martial arts of an exotic distant land. Scarred by a childhood of shocking degradation, he has sworn to love chastely... but burns with the fires of unfulfilled passion.
THE STAR
Lovely, innocent and nearly destitute, she is drawn to him by a fevered yearning she could never deny -- following her enigmatic "shadow warrior" into a dangerous world of desire and righteous retribution.
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The 'Victorian Hearts' series
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