**Lady Kiera Darby and her husband Sebastian Gage are looking forward to
celebrating with new friends at an exciting yearly soiree, but they soon
learn that murder never takes a holiday in the latest riveting
installment in this national bestselling series.
**
January 1832. After enjoying a delightful few weeks with her family,
expectant mother Kiera and Sebastian Gage have been invited to the
Duchess of Bowmontʼs Twelfth Night party in Traquair, Scotland. Though
she normally avoids such fashionable, rambunctious events, Kiera is
ready to join in the festive merrymaking. But upon their arrival at the
opulent estate, it becomes obvious that all is not merry in their
hostess's home. The family appears to be under a great strain, and
someone seems determined to cause mayhem among the guests with a series
of forged notes.
Matters swiftly turn from irksome to downright deadly when the
partygoers stumble upon a decomposing body in the castleʼs crypt. The
corpse is thought to be the duchessʼs son-in-law who had purportedly
traveled to Paris more than a month earlier. It is evident the man met
with foul play, and Kiera and Gage soon realize that a ruthless murderer
walks among them--and may well be a member of the duchessʼs own family.
And when the investigation takes a treacherous turn, Kiera discovers
just how deep the killer is willing to dig to keep their secrets from
ever seeing the light of day.
