But she hopes looks can be deceiving enough to hide her true motives behind a congenial smile and gain entry into the ballrooms of England’s noble elite. This one could be a twin-a painting so close in composition to a known masterpiece, it may be rendered priceless if it truly captured the likeness of a young Queen named Victoria…ġ842- In order to salvage what’s left of her family’s shaky circumstances, artist Elizabeth Meade knows her duty must be to marry well.

What begins as a novice assignment instead peels back layers, lulling Keira into the depths of the estate’s long-forgotten history.ĭespite questions swirling around the enigmatic, rumored art thief who’s employed her, Keira finds the existence of a portrait captivating enough to upend all of her expectations. But from the moment she sets foot in the East Suffolk countryside, the mystery of an old English manor, a crumbling beekeeper’s cottage, and a library that had long ago been sealed off brick by brick, all stir more questions than answers. It was supposed to be a one-week snatch-and-grab: survey an art find, collect a hefty fee, and use that to settle historian Kiera Foley’s life back into balance. And a portrait-maker’s unknown masterpiece of a Queen named Victoria… What stories do they long to tell? A lost library bricked off from the world. anchoring three distinct stories in three eras to one location in this thrilling tale.”Ī war-torn estate holding its secrets close. “Cambron (Castle on the Rise) concludes her Lost Castle series.

The lost castle kristy cambron