A simple description in an auction catalogue sends ripples of excitement and fear around the world. Is the emerald the key to the fabulous Ivanoff treasure, lost in the Russian revolution? What links it to the orphaned princess whose secret is buried in the past?
The Ivanoff treasure has brought romance, passion and terror to the lives of those who have come within its thrall. And only ninety-year-old Missie O'Bryan knows the dangerous truth behind the property of a lady.