I would recommend reading book 1 because this didn't read so well as a standalone. There is a lot of information that I feel like I'm missing because I didn't read book 1.

This follows Claire, a lover of the poet Lord Byron. She had a child from their affair, Allegra, that Lord Byron takes away from Claire and puts into a convent. (Supposedly to keep her from harm).

I guess Claire found in book 1 that her daughter died, but is told by her friend Trelawney that she might be alive. Claire's place is then burgled and a piece of art taken and this sets Claire is to find who took it and to find out sale what really happened with her daughter.

I wouldn't have read this if I knew I might be quite lost but it was ok. It was a really quick read because it comes under 200 pages so it's like a novella.