Awakening - Magic and Empire, #1

Anne Device, daughter of a prostitute turned spiritualist, has seen it all -- degradation, desperation, anger, pain, and sorrow. Unbroken by the rough and dirty streets of Whitechapel, Anne's world revolves around her family -- her mother, sister, and brother. Enter the charismatic and attractive Lord Carlyle, a gentleman magician who sees in Anne the potential to move worlds. For the first time Anne experiences the magic of romantic love.
A rags to riches story she'd only imagined possible in a Faerie tale. On her glorious wedding night she willingly gives her body, but the days that followed will test her very soul.