Author: Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, Karen White
Publisher: William Morrow (Harper Collins)
Year: 2018
Genre(s):historical fiction, historical romance, contemporary romance
Part of a Series: No
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Why I read it: Once Upon a Book Club pick
Summary: Sarah is desperate. The royalties from her best selling debut novel have dried up and she struggles to pay for the medical care her mother needs. She also struggles to find an idea for her second novel and finally finds one when she goes through some family belongings, finding a message in the items that belonged to her great-grandfather who worked and died on the Lusitania. Sarah goes to England to get information about Robert Langford, the British aristocrat who her great-grandfather was the valet for on that fateful voyage. His grandson, John, agrees to help her figure out what the message meant, uncovering a mystery almost a century old.
On board the Lusitania, Robert Langford is caught between two women. The first is Caroline Hochstetter, who he has loved since they were teenagers. She, though, is married to a successful German businessman and is accompanying him to Europe so he can sell a rare waltz. The other is Tess Fairweather, a small time con artist who is on board to steal the waltz for her sister’s mysterious buyers. As the ship steams toward Europe, questions arise about why so many people want the waltz as rumors of espionage spread amongst the passengers. Who is loyal to who and who will survive the doomed voyage?
