**Intact Gift Giving Condition book**

A scandalous royal murder shatters the Hawthorne family's Riviera holiday, crushing Aunt Beatrice's hopes for her cash-strapped nephew, Alexander, the Earl of Wexford, to marry the Italian princess and save his crumbling estate. Diamonds, deceit, and a deadly masquerade. Faced with international scrutiny, the Chief Inspector hastily pins the gruesome crime on the Earl, branding him a murderous fortune hunter. Refusing to let Alexander fall victim to the Chief Inspector's machinations, Elizabeth and her audacious cousin Meli plunge headlong into a high-stakes investigation.