Theater of Deception — Celina Summers

There is no illusion greater than fear.

Six months after Catherine Brighton's theatrical troupe finishes its Broadway run of the Carnival trilogy, the company mounts a new play: Harlequin. The character fits perfectly into the theater of seduction -- a magical power that compels an audience's emotional responses. However, rehearsals are tense. Her husband, Dominic, distrusts the actor playing the lead role. Cat and Alistair, Dominic's brother, struggle to keep the peace.

Soon something inimical is dancing around the company, spinning strands of danger that entangle Cat in a shockingly familiar web. She fears that Phillip has somehow returned from the dead -- not that Dominic believes her. Whoever her unknown enemy is, he's masquerading as the title character from Harlequin -- a character both sinister and seductive -- which terrifies her. But when she unexpectedly finds herself trapped two centuries in the past, Cat learns that there are far worse things to fear.

Like Time.