The Lost Manuscript - by Mollie Rushmeyer (Paperback)

About the Book

It's not just Ellora Lockwood's home that's being emptied as she prepares to sell-- her heart seems to be empty too. Since the disappearance of her beloved Grandma June and separating from her husband, Alex, Ellora has felt adrift. When Alex sends her an invitation to teach history at a summer program at Alnwick Castle in England, he sends her information about the location of a medieval manuscript that was her grandmother's obsession before she vanished. As Ellora arrives and pieces together clues about the manuscript's whereabouts, she uncovers new questions. Could someone have been sabotaging her grandmother's work? Despite anonymous threats, Ellora and Alex work together. Will she find the strength and courage to see this quest through, wherever it may lead? -- adapted from back cover

Book Synopsis

In the vein of The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick, a priceless manuscript could be one woman's key to finding her missing grandmother--and to her own second chance.

It's not just Ellora Lockwood's home that's being emptied as she prepares to sell--her heart seems to be empty too. Since the mysterious disappearance of her beloved Grandma June and separating from her husband, Alex, Ellora has felt adrift. Then comes an invitation from Alex to teach history at a summer program at Alnwick Castle in England. He's even found information about the location of a medieval manuscript that was her grandmother's obsession before she vanished.

Warily, Ellora accepts Alex's offer. Surrounded by lush English countryside and captivating history, she pieces together clues about the manuscript's whereabouts--and uncovers new questions. Could someone have been sabotaging her grandmother's work? Anonymous threats lead Ellora to suspect she too may be in danger, but as she and Alex work together, she's finding strength, new purpose and the courage to see this quest through, wherever it may lead...