City of Jasmine by Deanna Raybourn (2014, 9 and similar items

Very Good Condition. 9 Audio Cd's, Ex-lib Product Description Famed aviatrix Evangeline Starke never expected to see her husband, adventurer Gabriel Starke, ever again. They had been a golden couple, enjoying a whirlwind courtship amid the backdrop of a glittering social set in prewar London until his sudden death with the sinking of the Lusitania. Five years later, beginning to embrace life again, Evie embarks upon a flight around the world, collecting fame and admirers along the way. In the midst of her triumphant tour, she is shocked to receive a mysterious-and recent-photograph of Gabriel.With her eccentric aunt Dove in tow, Evie tracks the source of the photo to the ancient City of Jasmine, Damascus. There she discovers that nothing is as it seems. Danger lurks at every turn, and at stake is a priceless relic, an artifact once lost to time and so valuable that criminals will stop at nothing to acquire it-even murder. Leaving the jewelled city behind, Evie sets off across the punishing sands of the desert to unearth the truth of Gabriel's disappearance and retrieve a relic straight from the pages of history. Along the way, she must come to terms with the deception that parted her from Gabriel and the passion that will change her destiny forever. City of Jasmine CD-Audio edition by Deanna Raybourn Author Biography: Deanna Raybourn is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of the Lady Julia Grey series, A Spear of Summer Grass, and The Dead Travel Fast. The Lady Julia Grey series has been nominated for five RITA Awards, an Agatha Award, and numerous Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards. A RITA Award winner, Deanna lives with her family in Virginia. Anne Flosnik is an accomplished multi-award-winning British actress who has garnered two AudioFile Earphones Awards, an ALA Award, and three Audie Award nominations. Her narration of Little Bee by Chris Cleave was chosen as one of the Best Audiobooks of the Year 2009 by AudioFile magazine.