Chapter 22: Cordelia’s Lies Exposed Emmeline The day after the court rules their marriage valid, Emmy wakes in the Duke’s […]

Chapter 21: The Court Case Emmeline The annulment hearing is scheduled for mid-June in the ecclesiastical courts—a formal proceeding that

Chapter 20: Breaking Point Emmeline Emmy spends the next three weeks preparing for the annulment hearing—meeting with solicitors, gathering evidence

Chapter 19: Cordelia’s Gambit Emmeline Emmy wakes three days after her emotional breakthrough with the Duke to an urgent message

Chapter 18: Understanding Him Emmeline The Duke returns from London late that evening—Emmy hears his carriage arrive while she’s sitting

Chapter 17: The Forbidden Wing Emmeline Emmy’s curiosity about the locked west wing at Ashford Hall has been building since

Chapter 16: The Avoidance Emmeline Emmy wakes the morning after the Duke kissed her with hope blooming in her chest—fragile

Chapter 15: The First Kiss Emmeline Emmy attends three more balls over the following week—exhausting events where she performs being

Chapter 14: The London Ball Emmeline Emmy arrives in London on a grey March afternoon with the Duke in the

Chapter 13: London Season Preparation Emmeline The modiste arrives from London three days after the Duke announces their plan to