So she fesses up to what she's doing and despite reservations, he agrees to help her. They end up betrothed because she followed him into his house in the middle of the night and they get caught alone. Because he is acting so evasive - though I didn't get the sense that he really was - Aria is convinced he's the one who can answer her questions. He thinks she is snooping around trying to unearth a family secret (the Duke whose bedroom she was in belonged to his future brother-in-law). There's a lot of misunderstanding between Adam and Aria, of course. she gets caught in a Duke's bedroom by Adam Willoughby, the Earl of Merewood. So, going off a list of investors, she begins to investigate what happened in Egypt. Whitney went missing and everyone but Aria is ready to give him up for dead. Ariadne "Aria" Whitney is the 20 year old daughter of a rich and famous antiquarian/archeologist. I would not avoid a book because Rebecca Rogers read it, nor would I seek her out when I'm in an "I'm not sure" mood. Setting: London, no date given, but sounds regency Genre: Romance? Mystery? Depressing character study? Narration wasn't bad.
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