The path of duty and position brings Thorne and Aspen Darktower to the posh and luxurious city of Foxglove Pass where the charming Duke Gallant shows them comfort and friendship. Still, there are many dark corners where ...questions of terrible consequence beg to be answered...and the castle's gardens provoke the innocence of love. It is a place where the happiest in the territory smile in the sunshine and fear the Blood Thieves by night. The warmth of evil is felt upon the necks of the Darktowers...Tears fall like diamonds from the eyes of the penitent and fists fall as swords upon the condemned. Your prayers would be welcome...Perhaps God had grown weary of listening to mine... Breigh Berrybough ...The Aspen Series continues