June 2015
On Sale: May 26, 2015
Featuring: Caroline Astor; Emma Cross; Derrick Andrews
ISBN: 0758290861 EAN: 9780758290861 Kindle: B00ONTR52K Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
For Newport, Rhode Island’s high society, the summer of 1896
brings lawn parties, sailboat races…and murder.
Having turned down the proposal of Derrick Andrews, Emma
Cross has no imminent plans for matrimony—let alone
motherhood. But when she discovers an infant left on her
doorstep, she naturally takes the child into her care. Using
her influence as a cousin to the Vanderbilts and a society
page reporter for the Newport Observer, Emma launches a
discreet search for the baby’s mother.
One of her first stops is a lawn party at Mrs. Caroline
Astor’s Beechwood estate. But an idyllic summer’s day is
soon clouded by tragedy. During a sailboat race, textile
magnate Virgil Monroe falls overboard. There are prompt
accusations of foul play—and even Derrick Andrews falls
under suspicion. Deepening the intrigue, a telltale slip of
lace may link the abandoned child to the drowned man. But as
Emma navigates dark undercurrents of scandalous
indiscretions and violent passions, she’ll need to watch her
step to ensure that no one lowers the boom on her…