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Argyll Scotland July 1832 After a trying few months in Edinburgh Kiera and her husband and investigative partner Sebastian Gage are eager to escape to the Highlands with their threemonthold child Kiera is overjoyed for her cousin Rye and her detractorturnedfriend Charlotte who are being wed in a private ceremony at the estate of Ryes greatuncle the Marquess of Barbreck in what seems to be the perfect wedding party

But when Kiera is invited to peruse Barbrecks extensive art collection she is disturbed to discover that one of his most priceless paintings seems to be a forgery The marquesss furious reaction when she dares to mention it leaves her shaken and the entire house shocked For it turns out that this is not the first time the word forgery has been uttered in connection with the Barbreck household

Matters turn more ominous when a maid from a neighboring estate is found murdered where the forged painting hangs Is her death connected to the forgeries perhaps a grisly warning of what awaits those who dare to probe deeper With unknown entities aligned against them Kiera and Gage are forced to confront the fact that they may have underestimated their opponent