As WWI draws to an end, Verity Kent is still grieving the death of her husband 15 months earlier. She is reluctant to accept an invitation to a houseparty to celebrate the engagement of one of her husband's friends until she receives a mysterious note telling her that she must go to the party to find out details about her husband that prove he was a traitor. On the way to the party she meets another of her husband's friends, Max, who was the commander of his battalion during the war. They soon discover they are looking to solve the same mystery. Then one of the guests is found dead, and everything becomes more ominous.
Here is another gothic mystery romance from Huber. She is a good writer, and her books add a nice variety to my historical romance diet. I am glad she didn't cave to the "sunshine and roses" kind of happily-ever-after ending, opting, rather, to keep things complicated. The mystery plot was pretty good as well. I was impressed that I didn't really see how everything would work out until the end. That being said, I thought she wimped out a little by having a the culprit give a long confession to explain all the details. Still, I am sure I will be revisiting Huber's books in the future. (2017, 304)
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