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**A private detective finds passion, danger, and the love of a lifetime when he hunts down a lost earl in Victorian London.** On the trail of an aristocratās secret son, enquiry agent Mark Braglewicz finds his quarry in a music hall, performing as a trapeze artist with his twin sister. Graceful, beautiful, elusive, and strong, Pen Starling is like nobody Markās ever metāand everything heās ever wanted. But the long-haired acrobat has an earldom and a fortune to claim. Pen doesnāt want to live as any sort of man, least of all a nobleman. The thought of being wealthy, titled, and always in the public eye is horrifying. He likes his life nowāhis days on the trapeze, his nights with Mark. And he wonāt be pushed into taking a title that would destroy his soul. But thereās a killer stalking Londonās foggy streets, and more lives than just Penās are at risk. Mark decides he must force the reluctant heir from music hall to manor house, to save Penās neck. Betrayed by the one man he thought he could trust, Pen never wants to see his lover again. But when the killer comes after him, Pen must find a way to forgiveāor he might not live long enough for Mark to make amends.