The Lost Daughter: A Novel

If you loved I Am Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon, you won't want to miss this novel about her sister, Grand Duchess Maria. What really happened to this lost Romanov daughter? A new novel perfect for anyone curious about Anastasia, Maria, and the other lost Romanov daughters, by the author of The Secret Wife.

1918: Pretty, vivacious Grand Duchess Maria Romanov, the 19-year-old daughter of the fallen Tsar Nicholas II, lives with her family in suffocating isolation, a far cry from their once-glittering royal household. Her days are a combination of endless boredom and paralyzing fear; her only respite are clandestine flirtations with a few of the guards imprisoning the family amp;mdash; never realizing her innocent actions could mean the difference between life and death.

1973: When Val Doyle hears her father¿s end-of-life confession, ¿I didn¿t want to kill her¿, she¿s stunned. So, she begins a search for the truth amp;mdash; about his words and her past. The clues she discovers are baffling amp;mdash; a jewel-encrusted box that won¿t open and a camera with its film intact. What she finds out pulls Val into one of the world¿s greatest mysteries amp;mdash; what truly happened to the Grand Duchess Maria?