Audio Book Description:
When Ryder Sherbrooke finds a child nearly beaten to death in an alley in Eastbourne, he takes her home to BrandonHouse. She doesn`t speak forsix months. Her first word, oddly enough, are a haunting song. And just what does this strange song mean that was seemingly imprinted on thechild`s brain? She names herself Rosalind de la Fontainesince she cannot rememberwho she is. In her first season in London in 1835, underthe aegis of the Sherbrookes, she meets Nicholas Vail, the 7th Earl of Mountjoy, newlyarrived from Macau. It is instant fascination on boththeir parts, but for different reasons. With Grayson Sherbrooke, they are led to an ancient copy of a mysterious book written by a sixteenth-centurywizard. The book is written in a baffling code that neither Grayson nor Nicholas can read. But Rosalind can, easily.Strange things starthappening. Both Nicholas and Rosalind know it has to do with the old book and,perhaps, even her past, particularly the song she first sang as a child.The urgency builds as they realize Rosalind is the key to a centuries-old mystery.