Chapter 12: Scandal Brewing Emmeline Emmy is reading in the library two weeks after her father’s funeral—trying to distract herself […]

Chapter 11: The First Dinner Alone Emmeline Emmy’s father lingers for another week—sleeping more and more, lucid less and less,

Chapter 10: Her Father’s Health Declines Emmeline Emmy wakes two days after Lady Cordelia’s unwelcome visit to urgent knocking at

Chapter 9: The Former Fiancée Appears Emmeline Emmy is reading in the Duke’s private library on a grey January afternoon—her

Chapter 8: Christmas Traditions Emmeline Emmy wakes in early January to pale winter light and the awareness that she’s been

Chapter 7: Exploring Ashford Hall Emmeline Emmy wakes on her fourth morning as Duchess of Ashford with the determination to

Chapter 6: Learning the Rules Emmeline Emmy has been the Duchess of Ashford for exactly three days when the Duke

Chapter 5: The Wedding Night (that Isn’t) Emmeline Emmy wakes the morning after her wedding to grey December light filtering

Chapter 4: Christmas Day Wedding Emmeline Emmy wakes on Christmas morning to pale winter light filtering through her bedroom window

Chapter 3: The Proposal Emmeline Emmy spends Christmas morning in a state of suspended anxiety that makes it impossible to