Enchanting Regency-era gothic romance intertwined with inspiration from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. England, 1815. Travel writer Amelia Balfour's dream of touring Egypt is halted when she receives news of a revolutionary new surgery for her grotesquely disfigured brother, Colin. This could change everything, and it does, in the worst possible way. Surgeon Graham Lambert has suspicions about the doctor he's gone into practice with, but he can't stop him from operating on Amelia's brother. After a botched procedure, Colin goes mad and escapes. Can Amelia and Graham stop Colin before he destroys everyone in his path and find the tender soul still trapped inside--or will they be too late?