Within These Gilded Halls

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Hidden treasure and betrayal mingle with unexpected love within the walls of Avonthorpe Hall. After studying art under Miss Drake, a renowned painter, Phoebe Radcliff is certain she can finally move beyond the childish mistake that' s kept her away from home. She is thrilled when Miss Drake employs her to complete a complicated ballroom renovation. Everything changes, however, the moment Miss Drake is murdered. With her last breath she imparts the location of a clue to Phoebe. Can the biggest secret of Avonthorpe Hall be true-the rumored treasure real Phoebe is tasked to finish her work in the ballroom by Miss Drake' s infuriatingly regimented yet all-too-handsome nephew, Lt. Graham Burke. Determined to fulfill the promise she made to her beloved teacher to find the treasure, Phoebe also works to uncover the truth about Miss Drake' s death-and she must do so before Lt. Burke leases the house. But dark shadows line the gilded halls of Avonthorpe, and soon enough Phoebe realizes she' s not the only person who knows about the clues. What' s worse, she needs Lt. Burke' s help to stay ahead of whoever is hard on her heels. If only she weren' t so attracted to him. Caught up in a deadly race for answers, Phoebe must find a way to breach the shroud of lies that surrounds every last resident in the house and, more importantly, face a past she' s been running away from for far too long. Regency romance and mysteryStand-alone novelBook length: approximately 95,000 wordsIncludes discussion questions for book clubsAlso by Abigail Wilson: Twilight at Moorington Cross, Masquerade at Middlecrest Abbey, and The Vanishing at Loxby Manor