Affair of the Seated Nude

Saskia Redwood is a young art and antiques collector. She visits Copenhagen, to attend the Palace of Borsen (Stock Exchange) which is open, for an auction, only on one day each year. That is in February; no Valentine message for the reader, but there is a romance implicit in the narrative. Teal Egan, the enigmatic sandy-haired older man, takes the Angelica Jar right out from under her nose. The resulting chase, passions and pursuits, lead both people into a volatile relationship. Egan collects fine art and fner women. But Saska is not a collectable. She is a woman who knows what she wants and she will get it. In a parallel plot set in the 1850's, we meet Elsa, who is also entangled with a man who loves fine music. It is the role of one woman, to step across a century and save the other. Truly intriguing.