<p>Evie Bell is the white sheep in a family of black ones. Bookish and quiet where her sisters are showy and brash she doesn’t understand her darker needs that resulted in the catastrophic end to her last relationship.</p><p>Frederic d’Estang a stage performer with Byronic dark good looks is famous for playing villains that women adore - the Phantom Claude Frollo Mr. Hyde. Facing a distressing premature end to his career due to developing Reinke’s edema a chronic voice disorder he recalls how someone took a chance on him when he was just starting out which launched him into stardom and desires to do the same before his power and influence wane.</p><p>His agent wants him to write his memoirs and when he meets Evie Bell an autobiographical writer with a penchant for gothic anti-heroes he sees his chance: she has talent but lacks the confidence and experience to make something of herself. She also has interesting unexplored tastes which Frederic discovers when her sister gives him a link to her anonymous fan-fiction archive - much to Evie’s mortification.</p>