This is a completed story and written as a traditional novel! It's some of my older writing, but it checks out. Joan Watson is a woman with a secret. When she's desperate for a job, she inexplicably finds herself thrown into the company of the mysterious Sir Gabriel Locke, who is not what he seems. Soon she finds herself swept up in a whirlwind of magical mysteries, and perhaps even a little romance.** **This is only marked as having sensitive content for one scene at the beginning that involves an intense corporal punishment, however, it's not graphic.** To avoid any confusion, this story is set in a fictional world where magic is real. It has similarities with our world, but please keep in mind that it's not actually set in Victorian era England. This is also being posted on ao3 because why not?