This book is really edge of the seat reading. Don't cheat and read the end first, you will really hate yourself. Man this woman can really write a mystery.
The Maine air is bitterly cold when Dr. Miranda Jones arrives at the family home after a bust lecture tour. But her blood turns to ice when she suddenly feels the knife against her throat.
The unseen assailant steals her bags, slashes her tires, and disappears. Deeply shaken, Miranda is determined to put the experience behind her. Distraction comes when she is summoned to Italy - to verify the authenticity of a Renaissance bronze of a Medici courtesan known as The Dark Lady. But instead of cementing Miranda's reputation as the leading expert in the ield, the job nearly destroys it when her professional judgement is called into question. Emotionally estranged from her mother, with a brother immersed in his own troubles, Miranda has no one to turn to ... except Ryan Boldari, a seductive art thief whose own agenda forces them into a reluctant alliance.
Now it becomes clear that the incident in Maine was not a simple mugging - and that The Dark Lady mat possess as many secrets as it's beautiful namesake once did. For Miranda, forced heavily to rely on herself - and a partner who offers her both unnerving suspicion and intoxicating passion - the only way home is filled with deception, treachery, and a danger that threatens them all.
The unseen assailant steals her bags, slashes her tires, and disappears. Deeply shaken, Miranda is determined to put the experience behind her. Distraction comes when she is summoned to Italy - to verify the authenticity of a Renaissance bronze of a Medici courtesan known as The Dark Lady. But instead of cementing Miranda's reputation as the leading expert in the ield, the job nearly destroys it when her professional judgement is called into question. Emotionally estranged from her mother, with a brother immersed in his own troubles, Miranda has no one to turn to ... except Ryan Boldari, a seductive art thief whose own agenda forces them into a reluctant alliance.
Now it becomes clear that the incident in Maine was not a simple mugging - and that The Dark Lady mat possess as many secrets as it's beautiful namesake once did. For Miranda, forced heavily to rely on herself - and a partner who offers her both unnerving suspicion and intoxicating passion - the only way home is filled with deception, treachery, and a danger that threatens them all.
Although the ISBN number matches, this book is NOT large print. My apologies.
