num_pages: 337
description: A MAN CONDEMNED . . .Falsely accused of murder and mute from a near-fatal beating Apollo Greaves Viscount Kilbourne has escaped from Bedlam. With the Crown's soldiers at his heels he finds refuge in the ruins of a pleasure garden toiling as a simple gardener. But when a vivacious young woman moves in he's quickly driven to distraction . . . A DESPERATE WOMAN . . .London's premier actress Lily Stump is down on her luck when she's forced to move into a scorched theatre with her maid and small son. But she and her tiny family aren't the only inhabitants-a silent hulking beast of a man also calls the charred ruins home. Yet when she catches him reading her plays Lily realizes there's more to this man than meets the eye.OUT OF ASH DESIRE FLARESThough scorching passion draws them together Apollo knows that Lily is keeping secrets. When his past catches up with him he's forced to make a choice: his love for Lily . . . or the explosive truth that will set him free.
language: English
title: Darling Beast
publisher: Grand Central Publishing