“Not her fortune, not her guardianship, not one hour of her childhood.” I stood in the drawing room of Thorn Hollow while my cousin Ambrose announced, to the entire household, that he was taking…
“Is this how you hold a daughter, Your Grace? ” Louisa asked the question the way children ask the worst questions—without warning, without mercy. Her small arms were awkwardly wrapped around a wooden doll, as if she were rehearsing an embrace she had never received. Everard Sedwick, Duke of Ravensdale, stood in the doorway of … Read more