Twilight of the Elect

England, 1815. Alistair Ashcroft is the heir to a title forged in the blood of Waterloo and the silence of men who never ask questions. He was trained for artillery, not for desire. His father's command is simple: marry Eleanor Ashbury, secure the lineage, and bury everything else.But everything else has a name. And it moves through Ashcroft Hall with measured steps, chestnut hair in absolute symmetry, and eyes that record every detail of a world built to ignore him.Blackwood is a valet. He is also the only architecture that makes Alistair's life bearable.Set in Regency England between 1815 and 1826, Twilight of the Elect is a historical novel about four people bound by a secret that society would destroy them for keeping - and who choose to keep it anyway. It is a story about the cost of belonging to a world that was never built for you, and the quiet, relentless courage of building your own.For those who loved in silence. And burned anyway.