From the author of The Tabitha　Wolf Mystery SeriesIts 1911, and war is brewing across Europe. However, Melody Chesterton, an independent young woman with her own fortune, has more important things on her mind.

Melody is determined to do more with her life than marry well; she wants exciting escapades with perhaps some romance sprinkled in along the way. Chaperoned by her older brother, Rat, who secretly works for Britains newly formed Secret Service Bureau, Melody sets off for the first stop on her Grand Tour of Europe, Venice.

Unbeknownst to Melody, Rat is on his first solo mission and is plagued by self-doubt. His sisters continual interference and insistence on socialising with the too-charming and very suspicious Conte Foscari just adds to Rats worries.