The Bloomsbury Forgery

When young American painter Ida crosses the Atlantic to England’ s glittering Jazz Age, she’ s chasing both art and passion— specifically, the brilliant poet T.S. Eliot, who might tempt her to leave her husband behind. In the heady world of Virginia Woolf’ s London, Ida brushes shoulders with geniuses and eccentrics before retreating to a grand, possibly haunted country estate to restore a damaged secret portrait of King James and his lover, the Duke of Buckingham. But what begins as an artistic commission soon unravels into a tangle of deceit, forgery, and danger. As Irish gangsters, English aristocrats, and desperate lovers close in, Ida must rely on her wits— and a ragtag band of artists, heiresses, and dealers— to save a historic home, her family, and perhaps her sanity. Can art, nerve, and a touch of madness be enough to see her through?