Known for her original plots, deft characterization, and lyrical voice, Juliana Gray presents an extraordinary novel of an uncommon pursuitโฆ
February, 1906. As the personal secretary of the recently departed Duke of Olympiaโand a woman of scrupulous characterโMiss Emmeline Rose Truelove never expected her duties to involve steaming through the Mediterranean on a private yacht, under the prodigal eye of one Lord Silverton, the most charmingly corrupt bachelor in London. But here they are, improperly bound on a quest to find the dukeโs enigmatic heir, current whereabouts unknown.
An expert on anachronisms, Maximilian Haywood was last seen at an archaeological dig on the island of Crete. And from the moment Truelove and Silverton disembark, they are met with incidents of a suspicious nature: a ransacked flat, a murdered government employee, an assassination attempt. As they travel from port to port on Maxโs trail, piecing together the strange events of the days before his disappearance, Truelove will discover the folly of her misconceptionsโabout the whims of the heart, the motives of men, and the nature of time itselfโฆ
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