"'The Novel Adventures of Natalie Daughtry is well-crafted with a fascinating plot that will keep readers turning pages well into the night (ask me how I know). If you love mystery, adventure, history, and books, Susan L. Tuttle's latest offering is right up your alley!'—Amanda Wen, award-winning author of the Sedgwick County Chronicles series
In pursuit of a rare book, will Natalie and Mason find each other again?
With her twenty-plus-year marriage on the brink of collapse, bookish Natalie Daughtry immerses herself in her new bookstore job. When the mysterious Caspar gathers Natalie and her friends Everleigh and Brooke for the second time, she's ready for an adventure to disperse the turmoil clouding her marriage. Caspar enlists their help in searching for a rumored copy of Lewis Carroll's handwritten and illustrated manuscript of Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Natalie is immediately enticed—this is the perfect distraction.
But then Mason joins the team, and suddenly Natalie and her husband are side-by-side on the search for this elusive treasure. Being forced to work together has them tumbling deep into their past, seeking answers to old misunderstandings. When they emerge from the rabbit hole, things aren't the same. Will they rediscover the love that once held the pages of their life together?"
"Everleigh Wheaton knows it only takes a few well-placed lies to ruin a reputation.
She’s experienced it time and again. But there’s a silver lining to repeatedly proving herself: she’s become confident and self-reliant.
When she loses yet another job and an enigmatic stranger offers a solution to her financial troubles, she’s game. After all, she loves a good mystery, and the invitation to visit the legendary Halstead Manor is irresistible. But she’s not about to let her guard down with the other women who received the same invitation.
Life has taught her that trust is dangerous.
A strange voice on the phone explains that he’s gathered the three of them to work together as treasure hunters. Their first assignment requires Everleigh to be a traveling nurse for Gertie, a retired FBI agent who has one cold case she can’t let go of—the missing Florentine Diamond.
With Everleigh’s keen ability to solve puzzles, Natalie’s vast knowledge of history, and Brooke’s connections to the antiques world, they’re confident they’ll track down the diamond. Gertie’s nephew, Niles Butler, doesn’t believe Everleigh is as innocent as she claims—even as he finds himself fascinated by her—and he’s determined to block every move she makes. If Everleigh can’t drop her walls of self-protection, the diamond treasure won’t be the only thing she’ll lose.
“Get ready to be awed with mesmeric prose coupled with an intriguing plot. Add in a fun cast of characters, and you have a story that shines!”—Rachel Scott McDaniel, award-winning author of The Starlet Spy"
