Miss Eleanor Sheffield is a talented evaluator of antiquities, trained
to know the difference between a genuine artifact and a fraud. But with
her father’s passing and her uncle’s decline into dementia, the family
business is at risk. In the Victorian era, unmarried Eleanor cannot run
Sheffield Brothers alone.
The death of a longtime client, Baron
Lydney, offers an unexpected complication when Eleanor is appointed the
temporary trustee of the baron’s legendary collection. She must choose
whether to donate the priceless treasures to a museum or allow them to
pass to the baron’s only living son, Harry—the man who broke Eleanor’s
heart.
Eleanor distrusts the baron’s motives and her own ability
to be unbiased regarding Harry’s future. Harry claims to still love her
and Eleanor yearns to believe him, but his mysterious comments and
actions fuel her doubts. When she learns an Italian beauty accompanied
him on his return to England, her lingering hope for a future with Harry
dims.
With the threat of debtor’s prison closing in, Eleanor
knows that donating the baron’s collection would win her favor among
potential clients, saving Sheffield Brothers. But the more time she
spends with Harry, the more her faith in him grows. Might Harry be
worthy of his inheritance, and her heart, after all? As pressures mount
and time runs out, Eleanor must decide whom she can trust—who in her
life is false or true, brass or gold—and what is meant to be treasured.
I had trouble getting into this book. I have read other books by Ms Byrd that were better. It seemed to drag in a lot of sports. I found myself skimming in a lot of places. It did have a happy ending. But it seemed to take a long time to get there. I did have the bad guy figured out before we were told who it was.
I was given this book by Tyndale Publishing by way of NetGalley for an honest review. I was not compensated in any way.
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