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For Newport, Rhode Island's high society, the summertime of 1896 brings garden parties, sailboat races...and murder. Having turned down the proposal of Derrick Andrews, Emma Combination does not have any imminent ideas for matrimony - let alone motherhood. But when she discovers a child left on her behalf doorstep, she effortlessly takes the kid into her treatment. Using her affect as a cousin to the Vanderbilts and a society page reporter for the Newport Observer, Emma launches a discreet seek out the baby's mother. One of her first ceases is a garden party at Mrs. Caroline Astor's Beechwood estate. But an idyllic summer's day is soon clouded by tragedy. Throughout a sailboat competition, textile magnate Virgil Monroe falls overboard. There are quick accusations of foul play - and even Derrick Andrews falls under suspicion. Deepening the intrigue, a telltale slip of lace may link the discontinued child to the drowned man. But as Emma navigates dark undercurrents of scandalous indiscretions and violent passions, she'll need to view her step to ensure that nobody lowers the boom on her....
