Alrighty then, "Roses in Moonlight" by Lynn Kurland. This is one of her time-travel romances that started with "A Dance Through Time". Lovely. Start with that one and enjoy the history along the way.
Derrick Cameron and Samantha Drummond. They don't know it but they have common ancestors back around 1602 or so.
She is 26, living a very sheltered well educated life with her mother who is manic 24/7 and her Shakespearan actor father, very self absorbed. Her siblings have managed to escape the clutches of the parents. Samantha's older brother sends her a ticket to London to housesit for some people. She happily flies to London.
Derrick is 32, owns Cameron Antiquities and finds missing/stolen antiquities. He is cynical and is finally becoming really really tired of crooks.
Enter Samantha. She is tasked to deliver some Victoria embroidery to someone in London. Derrick follows here because he is certain she has a piece of Elizabethan lace.
The tale becomes bit more involved. Samantha's luggage has been salted with the Elizabethan lace AND some priceless antigue diamonds. WTF? where and how did those get in the purse?
A accidental trip through a mushroom ring lands here in 1602 England, she can tell mostly from the smell of sewage in the streets.
Eventually Derrick discoveres she is not a thief but quite a bit more than she looks....and Samantha finds that she likes Derrick. There is a bit of time travel to return diamonds and rescue their mutual ancestor from The Tower of London etc.
All ends well, and there is not even a HINT of any of the other main characters going off on a time travel jaunt. Well except for Granny Mary.
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