Margot is on the quest to uncover and reassemble an ancientāand cursedāvase, with the help of a boy who went missing in 1932, because it's the only way to put back together her broken heart in this standa-lone adventure rom-com, perfect for fans of What the River Knows and The Lost City.
The mythical Vase of Venus Aurelia hasnāt been seen since 1932, but Margot Rhodes is determined to change that.
Drawn by the vaseās supposed magical properties, Margot embarks on her schoolās archaeological trip to Pompeii. Sure, itās her first time holding a shovel, but sheās got something no one else does: lost teenage explorer Van Keaneās journal.
Poring over the poetic entries that serve as a map to the vaseās missing shards, Margot finds herself falling in love with the boy who wrote it a century ago. Sheās shocked when her search leads her to a statue that looks exactly like Van, and then the statue comes to life.
Catapulted into the present, Van is nothing like the wordsmith Margot imagined. Heās all sharp edges, intent on retrieving the relic for all the wrong reasons. But it takes two to survive Venusās death-defying challenges, and, together, Margot and Van must excavate the treasureāand their buried pastsābefore their story ends in ruins.
With a blend of humor, magic, and love, Rachel Moore crafts another stand-alone adventure rom-com full of double- and triple-crosses, hilarious shenanigans, and frustration-fueled banter, where the best treasure is true love.