It has been almost one year since FBI agent Kendra Donovan travelled through a temporal vortex connecting the 21st century to the early 19th century Regency era England. She was fortunate to become the ward of the Duke of Aldridge, one of only two individuals who know her true origin. The other individual is Alec, the Duke's nephew and heir, and Kendra's betrothed. This relationship has assisted her in investigating a series murders in the previous novels of this series. As the first year anniversary approaches, the portal may open to allow her to return to the future. However, she is torn between returning to the future or remaining in the past with the man she loves.
In this current novel, Reginald Lansing, the Earl of Craymore is murdered on the Duke's land. A hoarder of antiquities, he may have been in possession of the Anahita Pink, a large rare diamond purported to part of the lost treasure of King John. Was the Earl the victim of a highwayman or was he murdered for other reasons? This is what Kendra, with the aid of the Duke and Alec, and a colorful cast of support characters to determine.
Although I have tagged this novel as a historical romance, it is more a historical mystery since this is the focus of all the novels in this series. Like the Outlander series, the time travel is simply a literary device for a "stranger in a strange land" motif. Unlike some other similar works, the protagonist grapples with a heavily patriarchial society. In this novel, she encounters a number of women who have admitted to a psychiatric asylum for mental illness when they dared to buck the mores of this time. If you enjoy historical mysteries, I would include this series as your next read.
In this current novel, Reginald Lansing, the Earl of Craymore is murdered on the Duke's land. A hoarder of antiquities, he may have been in possession of the Anahita Pink, a large rare diamond purported to part of the lost treasure of King John. Was the Earl the victim of a highwayman or was he murdered for other reasons? This is what Kendra, with the aid of the Duke and Alec, and a colorful cast of support characters to determine.
Although I have tagged this novel as a historical romance, it is more a historical mystery since this is the focus of all the novels in this series. Like the Outlander series, the time travel is simply a literary device for a "stranger in a strange land" motif. Unlike some other similar works, the protagonist grapples with a heavily patriarchial society. In this novel, she encounters a number of women who have admitted to a psychiatric asylum for mental illness when they dared to buck the mores of this time. If you enjoy historical mysteries, I would include this series as your next read.