The Shadow Lovers

In the tradition of Maurice and Brideshead Revisited comes The Shadow Lovers.In March 1912, RMS Olympic leaves Southampton for New York. Among its passengers are Daniel Jeric and his hastily married bride, Celia. One carries great hope, the other a dark secret. Celia knew her marriage would be perfect. Together, she and Daniel would lead perfect American lives far from the hypocrisy and restrictions of Georgian England. In America, no one would whisper that her mother ran off with another man, or that Daniel may have been caught in a compromising situation, or that their engagement had been suspiciously short. Daniel, too, knew he had to get away from England before his next home included bars on the windows and doors. But when he meets Terence Wood, the feelings he desperately hoped to escape become irresistible. As their clandestine romance chips away at the foundation of Daniel’s marriage, Celia watches blindly as her husband falls under the erotic spell of another man. The Shadow Lovers follows three lives on their journey to sexual discovery and self-acceptance. Together, Daniel, Celia, and Terence endure society’s disapproval, the meddling of jealous rivals, the Great War and the Great Depression, and the birth of a new art form. But when Celia finally meets a man who truly loves her, the foundation of her artificial life with Daniel crumbles. Will society break them, or will they break free and step out of the shadows? Read more