Author: Lucinda Elliot

Lucinda Elliot combines Gothic conventions with romance, satire, supernatural adventure, and British historical settings. That Scoundrel Émile Dubois follows Sophie de Courcy, a companion living in an isolated North Wales mansion, when the arrival of her long-admired Émile draws her into rumours of highwaymen, vampires, and disturbances in time. The novel treats classic Gothic ingredients with deliberate humour while retaining an eighteenth-century atmosphere of danger, social constraint, and uncertain identity. Émile's confidential servant and Sophie's practical ally Agnes help widen the story beyond its central romance. The book later became part of a connected sequence with Ravensdale and Where Worlds Meet, which reunites characters from the earlier novels. Elliot has described a lifelong interest in Gothic settings and strong women protagonists, influences visible in Sophie's movement from observer to participant. The result is a genre blend suited to readers who enjoy historical adventure with paranormal elements and playful references to older Gothic fiction.