A Merchant Of Virtue: Book One Of The Real Victorians

Elias Wharton is a self-taught man with a keen eye for a deal living in Victorian England at a time when such men were changing the world. Both dashing and explosive, fair and vengeful, he plies his unusual trade in London, and pursues his obsessive interest in the beautiful Elizabeth. She has loathed him since a child for his lack of social status and meddlesome ways. When Elias agrees to find a gentleman a wife, and help Elizabeth’s father with a debt, he sets in motion events which threaten to destroy them all. Intrigue, deception, occultism, and sex entwine to set the stage for the stunning conclusion.