A Second Sun

by Iris Crawford

When noble gentleman Willem Middleton leaves his home in 1853 Victorian England to serve the Emperor and Empress of Austria, far away from his wife and newborn son, he never expected it would lead him down a perilous course of forbidden desire and destruction. His pastoral life with his wife, Helena and their young son is turned upside down when he is assigned as equerry to the court of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth in Vienna. While there, he is blindsided by a mysterious, dark-haired beauty causing him to question the man he thought he was. Once her true identity is revealed, he realizes the danger of their forbidden desire is more than he could have imagined. The object of his desire has become the object of his ruin, putting his very life at stake. Willem’s erotic submission to a woman of power leads him on a torturous journey of internal conflict, carnal discoveries, and a tragic reawakening. In the midst of living out his most primal desires on the remote island of Corfu, Willem forgets who he is and what his values are until a devastating family illness shocks him back into reality. Upon his return to London, a waking nightmare the near tragic death of his son. He tries to pick up the broken pieces of his life with his family. After the pain of his betrayal, a renewed hope dawns. On his final trip to Vienna, Willem is met with a shattering conclusion to his affair and discovers the man he is in the process.

231 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 22, 2018

About the author

Dr. Iris Crawford is a licensed naturopathic physician who helps busy, burned-out women leaders, hustlers, and entrepreneurs master
their hormones so they can tackle anything life throws at them and make a bigger impact in the world.