Alison Goodman (2017)

Synopsis:

London, April 1812. Lady Helen Wrexhall is set to make her curtsy to Queen Charlotte and step into polite Regency Society and the marriage mart. Little does Helen know, that step will take her from the glittering ballroom of Almacks and the bright lights of Vauxhall Gardens into a shadowy world of demonic creatures, missing housemaids and deadly power.

Standing between those two worlds is Lord Carlston, a man of dubious reputation and infuriating manners. He believes Helen is destined to protect humanity from an unearthly truth, but all he can offer is danger, savagery and the possibility of madness. Not the kind of destiny suitable for a young lady in her first London Season.

Against a backdrop of whispered secrets in St. James’s Palace, soirees with Lord Byron and morning calls from Beau Brummell, The Dark Days Club is a delightfully dangerous adventure of self- discovery and the dark choices of new found adulthood.
Synopsis from The Dark Days Club Official Website

Review: Morally Offensive (O)

Lady Helen is thrust into a world of Reclaimers and Deceivers where she is the only female reclaimer. Reclaimers have heightened abilities which allow them to track down and destroy deceivers, evil creatures from an alternate dimension that feed off of the energy of other people. There are three main types of deceivers: ones that seek sexual pleasure, ones that seek creative energy and ones that follow bloodlust and battle. The descriptions of the deceivers that seek sexual pleasure are very graphic including descriptions of masturbation which makes it inappropriate for all audiences. The relationship between the two main characters is also an adulterous relationship. In this first book, the wife is perceived dead, but by the third book, it is revealed that she is still alive and their relationship continues despite that.

There is also mentions of same-sex attraction in this book which Lady Helen encourages.

Overall, it is the sexual nature of this book that makes it inappropriate for catholic audiences.