Title: Porochnye namereni︠i︡a
Description: In Victorian London, spiritualists are all the rage and "Esmeralda" has gained the trust of the mother of Thomas Hyde, Viscount Varcourt. Thomas fears that the enigmatic Esmeralda is exploiting his mother's grief over his brother's mysterious death years ago. But as he watches the veiled beauty with cynical skepticism, another kind of interest ignites inside him. He's right, she's using his family, but not for the reasons Thomas believes.
Subjects: Fiction, Aristocracy (Social class), Secrecy