Over two hundred years after the French Revolution, a locket and a diary lure American Claire Bennett back to Paris, the site of her disturbing visions at the infamous Conciergerie prison. Both Queen Marie Antoinette and Claire's ancestor, Marquise Marie de Fleury, were held at the dreaded facility before being sentenced to the guillotine.After the atrocious political murders, an imposter reclaimed Claire's ancestral home on behalf of the de Fleury family. Claire's need to investigate the French records and write the final entry in the diary drives her into a world filled with intrigue and danger. She seeks counsel from a unforgettable, heartbreakingly handsome attorney named Marc-Claude Laval, only to discover he is a cousin of the imposter's descendants. Marc-Claude holds the key for access to Chateau Fleury and may very well assist her-but can she trust him?