A storm breaks over Castle Brianhuld?and in the violence of lightning and candle-flame, Queen Mildred's coral cabochon necklace vanishes without a trace.
With the wedding of Prince Micah only days away, the castle must appear unshaken. Servants keep working. Guests keep smiling. Yet the household's rhythms begin to falter, and fear slips quietly into the corridors.
Queen Mildred sends for Sir Dave?an injured knight known not for force, but for patience. With his wife Aurora beside him, he listens where others accuse, watches what others overlook, and follows the subtle disturbances a frightened household cannot hide.
Meanwhile, Lady Carolina of Christonia enters Brianhuld's stone halls with a private resolve of her own, carrying sunlight, custom, and an unspoken longing to remain herself even as she becomes a bride.
And through it all, two cats move like shadows with opinions: Pepper, solemn and watchful... and Celine, bright-eyed, curious, and entirely ungovernable.
In a mystery where nothing is solved by shouting, and truth is found through routine, restraint, and quiet courage, the missing coral becomes more than jewelry?
It becomes the test of whether a household can hold.
Autorentext
Kimberly Harvey Martin is a former Ms. Wheelcair North Caolina, a writer and a graphic artist who believes the quietest stories endure the longest. She wrote The Cats of Brianhuld and the Case of the Missing Coral Cabochon as a hearthlight mystery?where truth is found not through spectacle, but through attention, tenderness, and the steady courage of ordinary hands. She is a widow who lives with her beloved cat, her family and a heart full of faith, memory, and imagination.