To Treasure an Heiress

Name: To Treasure an Heiress
Rating: 4.5 (2010 reviews)

by Roseanna M. White Book 2 in the The Secrets of the Isles series.

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Beth Tremayne discovers old letters and a map that may lead to pirate treasure hidden in the Isles of Scilly. Her search is complicated by Lord Sheridan, an archaeologist and adventurer whose expertise she needs despite finding him insufferable. As rival treasure hunters close in, Beth must separate island legend from historical evidence and decide whether discovery matters more than protecting the people and places tied to it.

The treasure hunt depends on interpreting documents whose meaning has been distorted by family stories and island legend. Beth’s local knowledge and Sheridan’s archaeological training give them different kinds of authority, so cooperation requires both to surrender some control. The search gradually becomes less about recovering valuable objects than about determining who has the right to possess and interpret the past.