BOOK #1

When Bridget De Lacey's distraught father takes his own life after losing his estate in a card game, Bridget and her aunt are faced with the prospect of being forced out of their home. That is until the Bridget convinces the new owner to transform Villa De Lacey into an exclusive inn for the wealthy, who have been flocking to the Lake District since the publication of Wordsworth's sensational guidebook to the lakes. Nate Squires, the wayward second son of an earl, finds himself banished from London after he refuses to do his brother's bidding. Arriving in the Lake District, Nate's only goal is to outwit his brother and return to London. And when he meets Bridget De Lacey, she provides him with the perfect solution to his troubles-'to bring London to the Lake District.' Together they turn Bridget's ancestral home into an exclusive inn. All goes well until the first guests arrive, and murder and mayhem quickly follow. Secrets and lies abound, and everyone becomes a suspect. If Nate and Bridget want to save their inn, they must turn to sleuthing and solve an impossible puzzle.