My Review: It starts with a cyanide capsule. Which is a surprising place for a story to start because it has so much potential to be the end. And very nearly is. That opening scene grabs the reader by the throat and doesn’t let go until the end of this utterly absorbing historical romance. It’s the story in between that captivates. Not just what happens AFTER Elsie Turner is given that capsule, but all the years and events and miles that led up to it - and to the terrible events that nearly bring her story to a premature end.