An ancient queen refuses to stay in the past.One day Florence Skelton is risking her father's wrath by reading Jane Eyre and befriending Rosemary, the neighbourhood rebel. The next, a woman she doesn't know is trying to drown her. To escape her would-be murderer, Florence takes a job as secretary companion to an archeologist and his beautiful, distant wife. But excavating Aylesport bog brings ancient - and deadly - secrets to the surface.Florence can write about heroines, but navigating the bog's treacherous waters requires courage she doesn't possess. Her only hope of survival is Rosemary - and Rosemary doesn't even know she's in trouble. Can Florence find her inner heroine before she becomes part of Aylesport's chilling history?