num_pages: 296
description: The year is 1764 and following a glowing recommendation from his last employer Henry Coffey vampire takes on a new personal secretary: young Theophilus Essex.The man is quite unlike any secretary - or any man for that matter - that Henry has ever met.---'Heart of Stone' is a slowly unfolding period romance between a vampire and his inimitably devoted clerk: lushly depicted in flowing lovingly appended prose we follow the slow understanding these two men grasp of one another and the cross of their two worlds into each other's.Henry Coffey immortal and ever-oscillating between periods of delighted focus upon his current passion project is charming witty and seems utterly incapable of closing his mouth for more than a few moments; in contrast Theophilus Essex is quiet and keenly focused adopting an ever-flat affect but as time goes on he relaxes in his employer's presence.Craving resounding intimacy but with an ever aware of the polite boundaries for their situation Coffey and Essex perform a slow dance as they grow closer to one another and find themselves entangled.
language: English
title: Heart of Stone
publisher: None