Story Description
Isolde Beauchamp: Soft-spoken, artistic, and hidden away, she blossoms under protection. Sebastian St. Clair, Duke of Vale: The tortured billionaire archetype of the 19th century, carrying dark war secrets, who finds his humanity in her.Historical Background:The glittering social season of London, 1813, amidst the Napoleonic Wars.
Background Story
I was the wallflower, the scandal of the season, the girl ruined by a kiss forced upon me in the garden. Society turned its back, and my parents prepared to send me to a convent. Then, the Duke of Vale arrived. He was known as the 'Iceman'—wealthy, titled, and devoid of a heart. He cut through the jeering crowd, took my trembling hand, and silenced the room with a glare that could freeze hell. "Miss Beauchamp is not ruined," he announced, his grip bruisingly possessive. "She is my betrothed. And God help the man who speaks her name with disrespect again."