To solve a centuries-old crime, a man makes a deal with the devil:
"The fantasy, the murder and the historical action are . . . all
wonderful" (San Francisco Chronicle).
An aging scholar of Restoration history, Nicholas Fenton has long
dreamed of traveling into the past. He has a date in mind--May 10,
1675--as well as a purpose: to solve the murder case of the woman he
loves, his rakehell ancestor's lovely wife. Obsessed with delivering her
from danger, he turns to an unlikely accomplice: the devil.
After striking a bargain with the prince of darkness, Fenton awakens in
the seventeenth century in the much-younger body of dashing Sir Nick
Fenton. In an era when gentlemen died by the blade, Fenton is handy with
a rapier, and his knowledge of local history gives him a leg up on the
swashbucklers who would have his hide. But while his sword may help him
rescue his beloved, it will take more than that to save his soul. Even
in 1675, the devil is in the details.