Crystal Gardens/Amanda Quick/338 pgs

Someone wants to kill Evangeline Ames, a novelist and a professional companion. Her role as a professional companion is a cover for her true profession--an investigator. She and her friends, Beatrice and Clarissa, work for Mrs. Flint and Mrs. Marsh; they investigate men who try to become engaged to women with a sizable dowry. After one such investigation, Evangeline's life is in danger. She is sent to Little Dixby, far from London where she had been working. In Little Dixby, Evangeline meets Lucas Sebastion who rescues her from another attempt on her life. Set in Victorian times, Crystal Gardens has mystery, romance, and paranormal activity. It's a fast, enjoyable, read!