
He ends up getting help from a couple of men who he believed thought him guilty. He wants to clear his name but he has no idea where to start. Unfortunately Apollo, who Lily and her son call Caliban as he can’t tell them his real name, is still a hunted man. She soon realizes her mistake and they get to be friends. At first Lily believes that because the large man in the garden can’t talk that he’s a half wit. She is living at the Folly as she can’t find work as an actress (thanks to her ex-boss) so she’s forced to live in the theatre with her maid and son, Indio. He’s now working to put his friend’s Folly in London back together after a fire devastated it. Unfortunately he was beaten before he was rescued and even though it’s been 9 months since his escape he still can’t talk.


He was saved when his sister had the man she loved take him out of Bedlam. He was saved from trial by being put into Bedlam and stayed there for four years attempting to keep his sanity intact.

He didn’t do it but everyone believes he did. or the explosive truth that will set him free.Īpollo is a man accused of murdering three men in cold blood. When his past catches up with him, he's forced to make a choice: his love for Lily. Though scorching passion draws them together, Apollo knows that Lily is keeping secrets.

Yet when she catches him reading her plays, Lily realizes there's more to this man than meets the eye. But she and her tiny family aren't the only inhabitants-a silent, hulking beast of a man also calls the charred ruins home. 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 when a vivacious young woman moves in, he's quickly driven to distraction. With the Crown's soldiers at his heels, he finds refuge in the ruins of a pleasure garden, toiling as a simple gardener. Also in this series: Wicked Intentions, Wicked Intentions, Lord of Darkness, Dearest Rogue, Sweetest Scoundrel, Duke of Sin, Once Upon a Moonlit Night (Maiden Lane #10.5), Duke of Pleasure, Duke of Desire, Once Upon a Maiden Lane, Once Upon a Christmas Eve (Maiden Lane #12.6), Duke of Sin (Maiden Lane, #10)Īmazon | Barnes & Noble | The Ripped Bodice | Google Play Booksįalsely accused of murder and mute from a near-fatal beating, Apollo Greaves, Viscount Kilbourne has escaped from Bedlam.
