After calling off her engagement, Vivian Finch invites her cousin, Sadie Speer, to accompany her on what would have been Vivian’s honeymoon. 

A chance encounter aboard the RMS Queen Mary leads to a pleasant acquaintanceship with a “quintessential tall dark and handsome” young man named Kenneth Lanning. 

Altering his own plans, Kenneth tours Europe in the company of the attractive cousins. 

As the journey progresses, a rivalry threatens to disrupt the pleasant holiday. 

When Vivian and Sadie vie for Kenneth’s attention, family secrets and longstanding resentments come to light.  

Returning to the United States, embroiled in a love triangle, Kenneth is left to make a difficult choice, Vivian or Sadie. 

When one of the cousins is brutally murdered, Kenneth finds himself on a desperate search for answers, little does he know, the truth will be his own undoing. 

Historical Fiction author , Robert Colton, recreates the interwar period of travel with precise detail, as his trio of characters make their way from London to Pompeii. The voyage consists of love, lies, betrayal, and redemption. 

For the reader searching for a literary holiday, this fast paced novella is the perfect travel companion.