num_pages: 464
description: THE SHADOWWealthy, powerful and majestically handsome, he is a man of dark secrets--a master of the ancient martial arts of an exotic distant land. Scarred by a childhood of shocking degradation, he has sworn to love chastely... but burns with the fires of unfulfilled passion.THE STARLovely, innocent and nearly destitute, she is drawn to him by a fevered yearning she could never deny -- following her enigmatic "shadow warrior" into a dangerous world of desire and righteous retribution.
language: English
title: The Shadow and the Star
titlecomplete: The Shadow and the Star (Victorian Hearts, #2)
characters: Leda Etoile, Samuel Gerard
genres: Fiction, Historical, Abuse, Romance, Adult, Regency, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Audiobook, Victorian
ratings_count: 3768
places: Honolulu, Hawaii, London, England
series: Victorian Hearts
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: RITA Award by Romance Writers of America
category: Best Romance of the Year & Nominee for Historical Single Title Romance
publisher: Avon