Chantilly

There was no place in Regency England for lovely young Cressida Lord after her father died. Alone and impoverished, she welcomed an invitation from her sister Darise to come to France where Darise had married and settled.

But arriving at the magnificent Chateau de Chantilly, Cressida was horrified to learn Darise was dead--from suspicious causes. A stranger in a strange land, Cressida was drawn into a web of sinister intrigue, lured by the charm of a handsome nobleman, and by the desperate need of a terrified child, while a deadly curse of past evil and present danger ruled Chantilly. There was no turning back for Cressida Lord as she entered into mortal combat with a mysterious enemy who she feared might well be the man she loved.