Kathryn has led a life of pampered luxury. To protect her from the malicious gossip of vindictive matrons and debutantes alike, her parents have kept her mostly isolated at their country estate in Bristol for the last fifteen years. Although she was raised as a proper young lady befitting her station in the aristocracy, the first years of her life were also carefree and spent learning of her Romany Gypsy heritage. Kathryn convinces her parents to allow her to attend her best friend's Coming-Out-Ball, little knowing that the fateful events of the evening will completely alter the path her life will take. Only later will she recall her Great Grandma Rosa's mysterious fortune forecast nearly six years earlier. A fortune that proved far more prophetic than either Kathryn or her parents ever dreamed could come to pass. Join author D. Darlene Sonntag on this fast-paced, romantic adventure that is the second book in the trilogy that began with the popular "Dastardly Deceptions." The reader will journey from the High Society of early 19th Century London, England to the treacherous seas, finally culminating in the fantastical, forbidden kingdom of the Middle East.