Doctor D'Arco, Sorcerer of London
Kathryn Colvin
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· 67 ratings · 900 pages · Published: 15 Aug 2024
A Victorian Gothic Romance for all time.
In the midnight fog of Victorian London, the young widow Elizabeth Buckingham was destitute and alone, sustained only by her vow of revenge against whoever—or whatever—caused her Egyptologist husband’s uncanny demise.
Everything changes when a mysterious encounter at a fortuneteller shop leads Elizabeth to join the Esoteric Order of Magisophists, a secret society and college of magic. But with her new life comes new peril, and even the occultists of the Order dread the infamous Doctor D’Arco: a grim, brooding, demon-summoning professor of sorcery, his imposing presence intensified by his black cloak, steel mask, and the unsettling sensation of darkness that emanates from him like a deep shadow.
Now the sorcerer Doctor D’Arco seeks an apprentice to join him in banishing a ghastly rival—and Elizabeth proves to have precisely the talent he requires.
Inspired in part by vintage Gothic, Romantic, and Victorian literature and written in compelling, sensual prose, Doctor D’Arco, Sorcerer of London is a tale of mystery, adventure, supernatural thrills, eerie suspense… and most of all, of a young widow’s secret, longing love for the dark sorcery professor to whom she is apprenticed, her fear of him slowly smoldering into a dangerous desire.
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Tagged as:
- victorian 17
- historical 16
- slow burn 16
- magic 15
- m-f romance 15
- teacher/coach hero 15
- demons 13
- competent heroine 13
- forbidden love 12
- vengeance 12
- paranormal 11
- height difference 11
- mystery 10
- age gap 10
- grumpy/cold hero 10
- possessive hero 8
- witches 7
- fantasy 7
- suspense 7
- urban fantasy 7
- alpha male 4
- bad boys 4
- fae 3
- poor heroine 3
- gifted/super-heroine 3
- take-charge heroine 2
- angst 2
- pagan 2
- late 20s fmc 2
- multicultural 1
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- content warnings
- graphic violence 3
- geography
- england 10
- british isles 4
- europe 3
- Format
- audiobook
- first person pov 10
- standalone 1
