Regency England, August 1812: Sebastian St. Cyr's plans to escape the
heat of London for a honeymoon with his new bride, Hero Jarvis, are
shattered when the murdered body of Hero's good friend Gabrielle
Tennyson is discovered drifting in a battered boat at the site of a
long-vanished castle known as Camlet Moat. Missing and also presumed
dead are Gabrielle's two young cousins.
Still struggling to define the nature of their new marriage, Sebastian
and Hero find themselves occasionally working at cross-purposes as their
investigation uncovers dark secrets at the heart of the Tennyson family
and an enigmatic young French lieutenant who is concealing mysteries of
his own.
Sebastian and Hero's race to unmask a ruthless killer and unravel the
puzzle of the missing children puts both their lives and their growing
love for each other at risk as they're threatened by powerful men in
high places...and by a tall, dark stranger who may hold the key to
Sebastian's own parentage.