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Rowena despises the woman she’s become. Her ex-husband has bent her mind to believe in third and fourth chances, but this time she’s done with him. He’s left her with nothing but a broken heart, shattered promises, and a stack of bills. Looking down at her mail, she finds a certified letter stating she’s inherited a cottage in Cornwall, UK, located in the Bodmin Moors. After arriving at the home, she’s determined to start her life anew, even with the news of a murderer on the loose, which keeps her close to a neighbor and trusted dog.

People are seldom who they seem—keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. Jessica has no intention of returning to Turkey after her previous brush with the law, but circumstances conspire to dilute her resolve. Her friend, and senior colleague, calls in some favors. An old dalliance makes a welcome appearance. And her husband sidles up to his attractive colleague. Against the backdrop of the real-life shooting down of a Russian jet fighter on the Turkish-Syrian border, and the many infighting groups involved in the ongoing Syrian Civil War, Jessica charges in.

Jessica has a few balls to juggle, both at home and at work, as her personal life unravels in the spring of 2016. To put some order to the chaos and with the help of her best friend, a bowl of noodles, and a second bottle of Pinot, Jessica writes another list - a plan for her future. The list becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, safely folded into her journal, as she romps across Europe and beyond, to the backdrop of the unfolding Turkish military coup.

When Lady Sophia Parsons reads the notice in the window of the haberdashery at Devon’s Mill, she has no choice other than to answer the summons. She is expected. Indeed, Lord Albion Rayment will have no other, for Sophia’s family is deeply in his debt, and he has loved her from afar for years. But Lord Albion is no longer merely the suitor her father turned away.

Looking down from atop her battered ramparts, Elsbet knows she must make a split decision. Fight her enemy or let them in. In the interest of her people, she decides to do both. Arranging a meeting with the leader of the Normans, Elsbet leaves the safety of her castle walls and meets Rolph de Dronis in his camp.

After finding Sauvern's sword, the companions set off to help a friend rescue his child from kidnappers. Instead, they stray into Erian and find preparations for war. They are drafted into the Erian army, but are recognized by an old enemy, who arrests some of them and takes them to Frelli, the capital of Erian, where they are put in jail. The Master of Erian frees them and offers them work. Meanwhile, Carthinal has to face some unpleasant truths about himself. Is his desire to further his magical career more important than his friends and country?

People are seldom who they seem. Even Indian summers turn to winter. Jessica accepts a work assignment to India, far away from her husband, as she works through recent trauma and evaluates their marriage. A young work colleague catches her eye, a dashing hotel concierge wraps a protective arm around her shoulder, and she forms a close friendship with the au pair staying in the adjacent hotel room. A horrendous crime of international significance occurs behind locked doors.