Deadly Vows

March 1, 2011
The most talked about high-society wedding of the season in nineteenth-century New York is missing one element, the bride. It isnt as if Francesca Cahill intends to jilt Calder Hart. Its just that her job gets in the way. On the day of her wedding, Francesca receives an invitation to a private art show featuring the complete works of Sarah Channing. Since Francesca knows that one of Sarahs works is a very revealing portrait of Francesca commissioned by her fianc', she knows she must go to the gallery or risk social ruin. But instead of retrieving the portrait, Francesca winds up locked in the gallery and misses her wedding. Now New York Citys most successful professional sleuth not only has to figure out who is trying to ruin her but also how to convince Calder to give her a second chance. Readers who relish richly emotional historical romances generously seasoned with plenty of passion and peril will find Deadly Vows, ninth in Joyces Deadly series, an irresistible literary treat.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2011, American Library Association.)