From New York Times bestselling author Tasha Alexander, a stunning novel of historical suspense set in Victorian England, meticulously researched and with a twisty plot that involves stolen antiquities, betrayal, and murder For Emily, accepting the proposal of Philip, the Viscount Ashton, was an easy way to escape her overbearing mother, who was set on a grand society match.
As she sets out to solve the crime, her search leads to more surprises about Philip and causes her to question the role in Victorian society to which she, as a woman, is relegated..
To complicate matters, she\'s juggling two prominent and wealthy suitors, one of whose intentions may go beyond the marrying kind.
There, amid priceless ancient statues, she uncovers a dark, dangerous secret involving stolen artifacts from the Greco-Roman galleries.
Emily\'s intellectual pursuits and her desire to learn more about Philip take her to the quiet corridors of the British Museum, one of her husband\'s favorite places.
Emily becomes fascinated with this new image of her dead husband and immerses herself in all things ancient and begins to study Greek.
His journals reveal him to have been a gentleman scholar and antiquities collector who, to her surprise, was deeply in love with his wife.
Now, nearly two years later, she discovers that Philip was a far different man from the one she had married so cavalierly.
After all, she barely knew him.
So when Emily\'s dashing husband died on safari soon after their wedding, she felt little grief.
From New York Times bestselling author Tasha Alexander, a stunning novel of historical suspense set in Victorian England, meticulously researched and with a twisty plot that involves stolen antiquities, betrayal, and murder For Emily, accepting the proposal of Philip, the Viscount Ashton, was an easy way to escape her overbearing mother, who was set on a grand society match
