Hello,
Thank you for your interest in reading BEECHAM'S INFIRMARY FOR THE AFFLUENT AFFLICTED, a 20,000-word Victorian Paranormal Romance Novella in the vein of Penny Dreadful x Dracula x The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Beecham's Infirmary for the Affluent Afflicted is the first installment in the My Darling Malady series, following Private Investigator Jacques Valmont and sharp-witted caretaker and tailoring shop co-owner Annie Castro-Tan as they navigate the shadowed byways of Victorian society. Originally slated for release on October 31st, Beecham's Infirmary will now debut on September 30th in both Kindle Unlimited and paperback formats, with an immersive audio edition arriving on or before October 9th.
Digital ARCs are available in limited quantities, and Advance Listener Copies (ALCs) will be released toward the end of September. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We kindly ask that digital ARC reviews be submitted by October 15, and ALC reviews by October 30. This ARC application will remain open until September 25.
Full details can be found below. Thank you so much for your readership, generosity, and time.
Genre: Victorian PNR
Comp Titles: Penny Dreadful x Dracula x The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Tropes:
Autumnal Victorian London Setting
Diverse Romance
Gothic Mystery
30+ year-old MCs
Virgin FMC
Caregiver Rep
Mutual Comfort/ Corruption
Vampires & Supernatural Creatures
Content Warnings:
Death of a minor (off page)
Pandemic/ epidemic themes
Body horror
Medical suspense and dental mutilation
Conversations surrounding grief and loss
Open door romance
Blood Kink
Tagline: In a town where health is currency and longing is lure, a reluctant investigator and seamstress must uncover whether hunger will anchor a man already slipping into the dark.
Blurb: Behind the decrepit doors of an infirmary said to offer miraculous cures to London's ailing elite, people are vanishing. Private Investigator and estranged heir to French aristocracy Jacques Valmont is summoned across the channel to sleuth, despite the lingering sickness of his own—one of grief that stirs in his blood and shadows his mind.
Amidst the fog and fever, he finds an unlikely ally in Annie, the quick-witted seamstress working next door to Beecham's Infirmary, whose presence seems to quiet the storm inside him. When she suggests the only way to breach the infirmary's guarded walls is becoming a patient himself, Annie's grandmother warns them both of curses that fester with longing. Unnatural aches that transform a person entirely, if not quelled.
As Jacques nears the truth, desire and dread twist together. Annie may be the last tether holding him to his humanity—or the final thread that unravels it.
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