When all of Venice is unmasked, one man’s identity remains a mystery . . .

1807

Discovered floating in a basket along the quiet canals of Venice as a baby, Sebastien Trovato, has grown up wrestling with questions of his origins. It isn’t until a woman washes ashore on his lagoon island that answers begin to emerge. In hunting down his story, Sebastien must make a choice that could alter not just his own future, but also that of the beloved floating city.

A century later, former thief Daniel Goodman is tasked with translating a book, and finds himself immersed in the mystery of the Sebastien Trovato, and chasing down the unfinished ending of the tale.

When Carsten Whitford is arrested for a robbery he didn’t commit, he struggles to clear his name that’s already stained by his father’s arrest from four years ago.

Carsten and his three friends work together to prove he didn’t rob the store since no one, especially the town marshal, seems interested in finding out who is truly guilty. The townspeople assume he is guilty because of his father’s past, including the girl Carsten wants to court.

Will Carsten and his friends find out who truly robbed the store or will they find something more sinister that could even lead to their own deaths?

Disgraced by her role in a failed plot against a neighboring kingdom, Princess Penelope reluctantly accepts a betrothal to a foreign prince far across the sea. But her devoted, caring fiance makes it harder to guard her heart than she anticipated, and rumors of dark magic haunt her with memories she’d rather keep buried far beneath her pristine exterior.

When a poverty-stricken village outside the palace gates looks to her as their hope for a brighter future, Penelope embraces the opportunity to make amends for her transgressions. But in order to help, she must manipulate her new fiance, putting her reputation and heart on the line once more.

Can Penelope rise above the failures of her past, or will she forever be branded a traitor?