289 pages
English language
Published Sept. 10, 2017
Lured to Umbersea Island to attend the engagement party of one of her late husband's fellow officers, Verity mingles among the men her husband once fought beside, and discovers dark secrets--along with a murder clearly meant to conceal them. Relying on little more than a coded letter, the help of a dashing stranger, and her own sharp instincts, Verity is forced down a path she never imagined--and comes face to face with the shattering possibility that her husband may not have been the man she thought he was. It's a truth that could set her free--or draw her ever deeper into his deception ...
This novel was pretty good right up until the end. I found the last three chapters (closibg) muddled, contrived, and trite. The earlier sections were interesting, historically and plot-wise. I have mixed notions on continuing the series...
