This blew us away and left us babbling rabidly in anticipation of the next title.  Smart and entertaining Tasha Alexander is a new entry on our “one to watch” shelf. It’s late in the Victorian Era and Lady Emily Ashton is a beautiful, young widow hiding an uncomfortable secret.  She was never in love with her late husband and really only married to him to get away from her overbearing mother.  She was perfectly happy in her supposed bereavement until she came across her husband’s diaries and realized that this stranger she married was passionately in love with her.  Suddenly she’s in love with a dead man who might also have been a criminal.  So when the charming Colin Hargreaves, Philip’s best friend and Andrew Palmer both begin to pursue her, all the while offering conflicting information about Phillip, Emily soon realizes that there’s a mystery here which she has to solve both for her peace of mind and personal safety. 

Absolutely enthralling from beginning to end!!  For fans of Deanna Raybourn and CS Harris.