Social standing is everything in Regency England--and no one knows better than Miss Caroline Morton, a lady\'s companion from a disgraced line. because someone is waiting to reduce her to nothing more than a signature on a dotted line.. . .
As Caroline unwittingly becomes the center of both a criminal case and a sordid love triangle, she must tread with caution while seeking the truth .
DeBloom--who claims his mother goaded the earl into making bad investments and promises to link Caroline to her inheritance--and the disappearance of Susan, her younger sister.
Further complicating matters is the amorous Mr.
With a connection forming between two deaths at the firm, Caroline can\'t imagine why anyone would kill twice over the contents of a will.
Smith dies following a brutal attack on the street--discovered with an empty envelope bearing Caroline\'s name in his pocket.
The full weight of the situation doesn\'t sink in until Mr.
Smith missing.
Her instinct proves right when the two ladies find the office ransacked, staff in turmoil, and Mr.
Frogerton, however, is thoroughly unimpressed with the firm\'s conduct and suspicious of their true motives.
Mrs.
Smith, who shares life-altering news--the earl composed a second will, leaving behind an undisclosed fortune.
Frogerton\'s capricious daughter navigate the high social season, Caroline meets with a cagey lawyer, Mr.
But while immersing herself in helping Mrs.
After all, the dishonored Earl of Morton died without a pound sterling to pass on to his two daughters.
Miss Caroline has doubts when she receives an urgent invitation from a London law firm to discuss her late father\'s estate. . .
But when she has a chance to claim what\'s rightfully hers, the one obstacle in her way is a dangerous murder mystery .
Social standing is everything in Regency England--and no one knows better than Miss Caroline Morton, a lady\'s companion from a disgraced line
