Genevieve is a brilliant, beautiful, 21-year-old American abroad. Richard’s a thrice-divorced, disillusioned, 37-year-old Brit. Sparks fly the minute they meet on a steamy summer night in 1986 London. Spending the summer after college in the exclusive Courtauld Institute internship, Genevieve Van der Velde had expected 10 weeks of dusty research at the British Library. What she got was a whirlwind romance and a marriage proposal from one of the most respected and successful art dealers in the world. When their fabulous romance is tragically cut short, Genevieve must put the pieces of her life back together with the help of charming Princeton professor, Sherman Loomis. Art theft, intrigue, and espionage surround Sherman and Genevieve as they yearn for clues to the past…and a future with each other.
Genevieve is a brilliant, beautiful, 21-year-old American abroad. Richard’s a thrice-divorced, disillusioned, 37-year-old Brit. Sparks fly the minute they meet on a steamy summer night in 1986 London. Spending the summer after college in the exclusive Courtauld Institute internship, Genevieve Van der Velde had expected 10 weeks of dusty research at the British Library. What she got was a whirlwind romance and a marriage proposal from one of the most respected and successful art dealers in the world. When their fabulous romance is tragically cut short, Genevieve must put the pieces of her life back together with the help of charming Princeton professor, Sherman Loomis. Art theft, intrigue, and espionage surround Sherman and Genevieve as they yearn for clues to the past…and a future with each other.