In the Roses of Pieria

Clara Eden sees an answer to her problems in an offer to work as an archivist for Agatha Montague. The estate provides a place to use her skills and a collection whose mysteries quickly command her attention. Among the papers, an ancient romantic correspondence draws Clara into lives far removed from her own. Meanwhile, her growing feelings for Agatha’s assistant, Fiadh, make the present just as absorbing as the past. Small doubts about her employer become increasingly difficult to set aside. The deeper Clara goes into the archive, the less secure her new position begins to feel. A promising professional opportunity turns into a question of what she has entered—and whether understanding it will come too late.