The Mummy meets historical adventure romance when an aspiring archaeologist partners with a witty yet disillusioned ex-soldier to uncover an ancient tomb, in this sweeping novel from USA Today bestselling author Maggie Rapier.
In the spring of 1907, twenty-two year-old Lyra Ducharme is desperate to join her mother’s expedition to find the lost tomb of an ancient Egyptian queen—until the news arrives that Maman has died. Grief-stricken but determined, Lyra steals her own dowry and travels to Egypt alone to untangle her mother’s incomplete research.
Kit Albright—disinherited second son, former officer in the British military, and twenty-five going on fifty—longs to carve out a life on his own terms. He’s on the cusp of building one when a betrayal leaves him penniless, trapped yet again by the Albright legacy, and willing to do anything to break free.
After Kit helps Lyra thwart trouble immediately upon her arrival, they strike a deal: her safe passage through Egypt in exchange for a ticket to England for him. But as heated arguments, propriety, and an old military rival plague their journey, what started as a reluctant attraction threatens to consume them—until they discover Lyra’s mother was murdered, and the culprit may lie in Kit’s past.
With no one else they can trust, Kit and Lyra must hold onto each other and decipher a series of clues to uncover the hidden tomb…before the murderer turns their sights on them.
