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When violin prodigy Etta Spencer loses everything in a single night, she is whisked onto the ship of Captain Nicholas Carter. While Nathan enjoys a life free from the Ironwoods, the arrival of an unusual passenger pulls him back into a tangled history.
The Ironwood family hunts a stolen object of unfathomable value, convinced that only the passenger—Etta—holds the key to its location. Together, they cross continents and centuries, piecing together clues left by a traveler desperate to keep the object out of the Ironwoods’ grasp.
The novel blends romance, time travel, and high‑sea adventure, as love and danger intertwine across eras, pushing the characters to uncover secrets that could change both their fates.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fantasy
Authors: Alexandra Bracken
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