A thrilling, romantic adventure from the bestselling author of the Adams family sagas.1925, a damp wintry night in Berlin. Englishman Philip Gibson, in Germany to seek the answers to a tantalizing mystery surrounding the Grand Duchess Anastasia, witnesses an attack on Natasha, a young woman who has fled from Russia. When Philip takes the fragile Natasha in to help her recuperate, he finds himself at the heart of another mystery.