Description
Passage, n.
i. A brief section of music composed of a series of notes and flourishes.
ii. A journey by water; a voyage.
iii. The transition from one place to another, across space and time.
In one devastating night, violin prodigy Etta Spencer loses everything she knows and loves. Thrust into an unfamiliar world by a stranger with a dangerous agenda, Etta is certain of only one thing: she has traveled not just miles but years from home. And sheโs inherited a legacy she knows nothing about from a family whose existence sheโs never heard of. Until now.
Nicholas Carter is content with his life at sea, free from the Ironwoodsโa powerful family in the coloniesโand the servitude heโs known at their hands. But with the arrival of an unusual passenger on his ship comes the insistent pull of the past that he canโt escape and the family that wonโt let him go so easily. Now the Ironwoods are searching for a stolen object of untold value, one they believe only Etta, Nicholasโ passenger, can find. In order to protect her, he must ensure she brings it back to themโwhether she wants to or not.
Together, Etta and Nicholas embark on a perilous journey across centuries and continents, piecing together clues left behind by the traveler who will do anything to keep the object out of the Ironwoodsโ grasp. But as they get closer to the truth of their search, and the deadly game the Ironwoods are playing, treacherous forces threaten to separate Etta not only from Nicholas but from her path home... forever.
