num_pages: 352
description: 1833. After young Lord James Ellerby witnesses a near-fatal carriage accident on the outskirts of his estate he doesn't think twice about bringing the young woman injured in the wreck to his family's manor to recuperate. But then she finally regains consciousness only to find that she has no memory of who she is or where she belongs.Beth as she takes to calling herself is an enigma even to herself. She has the rough hands of a servant but the bearing and apparent education of a lady. Her only clue to her identity is a gruesome recurring nightmare about a hummingbird dripping blood from its steel beak.With the help of James and his sister Caroline Beth slowly begins to unravel the mystery behind her identity and the sinister circumstances that brought her to their door. But the dangerous secrets they discover in doing so could have deadly ramifications reaching the highest tiers of London society.
language: English
title: The Hummingbird Dagger
publisher: Swoon Reads