[Archer Family 0.50] • The Necklace

** *A scoundrel tries to steal a vowel (an IOU) only to find his heart stolen instead.* **

When Oriana's uncle brings home a wounded associate, Mr. Chilton Dacy, to nurse, she can't help but wonder what sort of scoundrel he might be. Her uncle has a long and sad history of befriending miscreants of the worst sort. Then she finds a lost necklace and her worries only increase. The necklace bears a curse promising a hideous death to anyone who possesses it, and it seems as if it might come true when she's blamed for the murder of a virtual stranger.

Can Chilton prove her innocence, or is Oriana destined for a personal relationship with the hangman's noose?