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In the search for the truth, the line between fact and fiction is beginning to fall out of focus It is 1903, and Lily Temple is a beautiful silent-film actress who spins fairy tales and plays frivolous roles in front of the cine-camera. But beneath the costumes and stage makeup is a woman with a quick wit, a murky past, and a tantalizing secret. As an underground investigator to the wealthy, Peter Driscoll has been tasked with locating the legendary Briarwood Teardrop, an exquisite sapphire that has been missing for years—and which Lily happens to be wearing beneath her gown.

Persephone Honeyfield is witty, intelligent, and very aware that the only way to escape the monotony of the life she shares with her father and sister in the English countryside—and the wagging, ever-critical tongues of the people around her—is through marriage. She also knows the likelihood of it being a love match is nearly zero.

La Orden del Temple, los templarios, ha pasado a la historia como un grupo de bravos guerreros que practicaban misteriosos rituales, que luchaban incansables, invencibles por su doble condición de soldados y monjes, de fiereza y de fe, de potencia y recogimiento. Álvar Villar de Honrubia...

Suzel, orpheline est recueilli par son oncle le docteur Monil. Elle se liera de sympathie avec ses nouveaux voisins, une jeune fille infirme et son frère Aymard qui veut devenir officier.