Her Stepmother Sent Her to the Duke as a Joke – He Offered Her a Chair Before He Said a Word

insults me.”

“And the letter?”

“I am 24. My stepsisters are nearing their debuts. A spinster half-sister in the house is an eyesore. But to throw me out unprovoked would look bad to her society friends. She needed a scandal. She needed me to be the architect of my own ruin. Thus, the letter.”

Norah looked at the fire. “By tomorrow morning, all of London continue reading …