The Not-So-Victorian Viscount

Hong Kong, 1860 Forever letting her curiosity get the better of her, Angelica Aldrich has refined her penchant for listening at doors to a high art. Angelica has come out from Virginia to join her brother and his wife as the couple await the arrival of their first child. When her brother’s partner, the dashing Viscount St. Alban, returns from a sea voyage, Angelica is surprised to find that the shortage of appropriate housing for foreigners requires the Aldriches and St. Alban to share a house. Despite her disapproval of St. Alban’s rakish ways and unsuitable female companions, Angelica is charmed by a pup he took in as a foundling. The expatriate community is startled when the Black Dragon, a mysterious pirate, begins raiding ships in the vicinity. Will Angelica’s curiosity put her in the path of danger? Will St. Alban’s secret plot for revenge on an old rival succeed?