From NYT bestselling author Patricia Rice:

In a world where magic and reason clash, love is the most unpredictable force of all...

The aristocratic Malcolm family walks a fine line between society's expectations and their mystic gifts. From healers and psychics to seers and sorcerers, these gifted women?and the rare men who dare love them?navigate scandal, danger, and the forces of fate.

A village healer bound by legend. . . A perfumer seeking magic in scent. . . A woman cursed by touch. . . A painter whose art sees too much. . . Each Malcolm woman battles her own burden while daring to reach for love in a world that fears her gifts.

Yet fate has other plans. The scientific Ives family, proud of their logic and unimpressed by superstition, finds their orderly lives entangled with Malcolms through unexpected pregnancies, forced marriages, ancient curses, and stolen books of spells. Together, the two families face secrets from the past, the weight of duty, and threats from enemies who would exploit their talents.

From windswept Northumberland villages to glittering London salons and haunted Scottish estates, passion flares and danger follows. Is there a love strong enough to forge an alliance between magic and science to rewrite their intertwined destinies?

In a starred review, Booklist "a mystical masterpiece full of enchanting characters, a spellbinding plot, and the sweetest of romances... sweeping tale of love between an irresistibly magical Malcolm woman and a charmingly logical Ives man."