In Chapter Two of Wedding Bones, Baine, an esteemed surgeon and anatomy lecturer at the Royal Institution, is fed up with being the Earl of Evershed’s crime-solving partner. Once intrigued by the prospect of exposing murderers, Baine is now fiercely dedicated to combating the deadly infections plaguing England. Despite his disdain, the Earl’s friendship, protection, and substantial investments force Baine to begrudgingly investigate the death of a wealthy husband at the behest of a nineteen-year-old Viscountess. Reluctantly dragged to the countryside, Baine soon finds himself unexpectedly engrossed in the case he wanted no part of. Tune in as Baine navigates a tangled web of mystery and duty, unraveling secrets that could change everything.

In this one hour audio dark romance novella, a brutal Viscount seduces Baroness Aria Whitestone, daughter of a dead physician, surrogate parent to a fourteen-year-old sister, and mistress of simples and medications. If you enjoy this prequel, you will love Wedding Bones, a Regency Mystery Romance available now on Amazon.com. That is where Aria's very dangerous adventure continues.

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Aria had to marry the demanding Viscount of Winsley after her father died. She and her little sister Sophia had no money and nowhere else to go. But, now the Viscount is a corpse, his brother has called the Magistrate, and Aria's sister has disappeared. Worst of all, Alexander Baine, the attractive and abrasive London physician investigating the mystery, is relentlessly pursuing an investigation that is certain to see Aria hang.

Except nothing is as it seems in the strange country house. Everyone at Winsley Manor has a great reason to murder the late Viscount, and the only person Doctor Baine really wants to trust is the beautiful, intelligent, widow everyone wants dead.

Love and hate, life and death, lust and murder are all on tap in this dark historical romance.