When Maggie Abbott loses her position as a tutor, the last place she expects to find refuge is the mysterious Manor Burke. Hired as companion to the Count's troubled ward, Maggie quickly discovers that the grand Victorian estate hides more than whispered scandals and forbidden laboratories.
Count Joseph Burke is brilliant, wealthy... and dangerously captivating. Driven by an obsession to defeat death through alchemy, he has spent years chasing immortality, paying a terrible price for every breakthrough. As Maggie is drawn deeper into his world of ancient experiments, blood-soaked journals, and impossible science, the line between fascination and fear begins to disappear.