The Coast of Chance

The story opens on Flora Gilsey caught in a moment of pure self-regard, posed in her dining room doorway, admiring herself in the mirror. She's deeply aware of her own beauty and the glittering world it has bought her, a world of newness and hard glitter. But when the Chatworth ring vanishes from an auction preview, this superficial existence cracks open. The ring carries a tragic history that has captivated society, and its disappearance pulls Flora into a web of intrigue. She finds herself drawn between two men: the reliable, predictable Harry and the dangerous, mysterious stranger Kerr, who awakens something far more exciting in her blood. This early 20th-century novel captures a woman standing at the threshold of her own desires, torn between the safety society offers and the unknown she truly craves. It's for readers who love Edwardian romance, drawing-room drama, and quite rebellions dressed in lace and propriety.