Elizabeth Michels grew up on a Christmas tree farm in rural South Carolina. After tip-toeing her way through school with her focus on ballet steps and her nose in a book, she met a boy and followed him a thousand miles away from home to Kansas City, Missouri, before settling down in Charlotte, North Carolina.
"""Readers are treated to Michels' strongest story yet. The engaging characters, intricate plotline and powerful love story hold readers from beginning to end as they watch the changing relationship between headstrong lovers as they unravel a mystery. Savor this tale."" - RT Book Reviews, 4.5 Stars, TOP PICK! ""Michels's latest is the complete package: a captivating romance with gripping suspense wrapped up in a novel to be savored."" - Publishers Weekly ""Historical romance devotees will enjoy Michels's adoring use of some of the classic tropes of the genre — the spare heir, the wrong brother as hero, the heroine in men's clothing — but what makes the book so enjoyable is the way Michels makes the familiar fresh. The book is at once a well-crafted mystery and a simmering romance."" - Sarah MacLean, The Washington Post"