The Paradox: The Soldier and the Mystic [Daughters of the Empire 1] (BookStrand Publishing Romance)

[BookStrand Historical Romance, HEA] A closet Victorian psychic's powers destroy her dreams and outcast her from society. The Captain of the Princess Royals' 7th Dragoon Guards' life is in grave danger when, on the day of Miss Alita Stanton's presentation to society at the Queen's Ball, a vision of the Black Panther overtakes her. The captain kills an Egyptian friend in the Battle of Tel-El-Kebir, winning Egypt and the Suez Canal for Britain, creating two orphans in the process, and placing his life in the balance. Outcast and ruined from recounting her vision, Alita must travel to a fashionable venue to save her societal standing. Once in Egypt, she meets the last person she wants to see-the Black Panther of her vision-and the man of her dreams. But the academic earl of Ravensdale and Princess Royals' captain will not marry a quack or a soothsayer. Alita must choose between her happiness-and his. ** A BookStrand Mainstream Romance