Title: The Winged Lion
First published: 1984
Description: Alex forfeited a long-overdue vacation in order to restore neglected paintings in a decaying castle in Venice.  Her boss had first cajoled and finally bribed Alex, speaking of a long-lost masterpiece that she might unearth if she agreed to the assignment.

Alex prepared to meet a stuffy old prince living in a run-down relic from Venice's illustrious past, but Castlenero was not a crumbling ruin - it was a breathtakingly opulent palace.

And Prince Anton de Cassis was neither stuffy nor old.  He was the most magnificent masterpiece she'd ever seen!
LC classification: MLCS 84/17051 (P)