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It is 1901 when clockmaker and tinker Sydney Forrester receives a most unusual inheritance. Blakely House, the island estate of an estranged uncle she’s never met, seems almost alive, revealing and hiding its secrets at will. It is filled with remarkable inventions, including an intriguing unfinished automaton Sydney is itching to get her skilled hands on.

The estate is also home to a number of peculiar people–including two men intent on removing this interloper from the island. Convinced that Sydney has something to do with their uncle’s death, the late master’s nephews contest the will and work against their cousin at every turn.

But when a mysterious man washes ashore with a stunning surprise that upsets everything, Sydney must prove she has inherited the late master’s brilliance as well as his property—or someone else will.

Peter Driscoll, an underground investigator to the wealthy, has never met anyone like Lily Temple. The beautiful silent-film actress spins fairy tales and plays frivolous roles in front of the cine-camera, but beneath the costumes and stage makeup is a woman with a quick wit—and a murky past.

Peter has been tasked with locating the legendary Briarwood Teardrop, which Lily wears beneath her gown. To unravel the mystery of the sapphire and the actress herself, Peter employs Lily’s help on a case—but is also investigating her.

The closer he gets to the truth, the more danger they face—and the more he realizes he needs Lily more than she needs him.

When concert pianist Vivienne Mourdant’s father dies, he leaves to her the care of an adult ward she knew nothing about. The woman is supposedly a patient at Hurstwell Asylum. The woman’s portrait is shockingly familiar to Vivienne, so when the asylum claims she was never a patient there, Vivienne is compelled to discover what happened to the figure she remembers from childhood dreams.

The longer she lingers in the deep shadows and forgotten towers at Hurstwell, the fuzzier the line between sanity and madness becomes. She hears music no one else does, receives strange missives with rose petals between the pages, and untangles far more than is safe for her to know. But can she uncover the truth about the mysterious woman she seeks? And is there anyone at Hurstwell she can trust with her suspicions?

Ella Blythe knows all theater romances end in tragedy—but still dares to hope for a love story of her own. As mysterious happenings unfold in her ballet company and past secrets threaten her future, she must discover if she’s dancing toward destruction—or grace.

Willa Duvall, a hopeful physician, discovers a lost love letter and becomes obsessed with solving the mystery behind it. Her pursuit leads her to a job at Crestwicke Manor—and into a web of entangled lives where the letter changes hands and hearts.

Raina Bretton trades the streets of London for a glittering life in a mysterious abbey. But Rothburne has secrets of its own, and the truth of her identity may be more dangerous than she ever imagined.

After her father’s sudden death, Tressa Harlowe is left with a crumbling estate, unpaid workers, and a hidden fortune no one can find. As greedy relatives descend, she must trust a rugged vineyard manager to survive—and maybe find something better than wealth.

Orphaned and unknown to her wealthy relatives, Aurelie Harcourt enters a world of secrets—and uses her father’s pen name to write them into a serialized novel. But will her fiction expose too much? And what really happened to Lady Jayne?