Art historian Dr Miranda Jones arrives home after a busy lecture tour on a bitterly cold night. But her blood turns to ice when she feels the knife against her throat ...The unseen assailant steals her bags and disappears. Though deeply shaken, Miranda is distracted when she is asked to verify the authenticity of a Renaissance bronze of a Medici courtesan known as The Dark Lady. But the assignment nearly destroys her reputation when her judgement is called into question. It becomes clear that no simple mugging motivated the attack on her, and that The Dark Lady may possess as many secrets as its beautiful namesake once did. Estranged from her family, her career in jeopardy, Miranda has no one to rely on in her quest for the truth. Except herself - and Ryan Boldari, a seductive art thief whose own agenda forces them into reluctant alliance. This is Nora Roberts' most thrilling bestseller yet.