Emmeline Ashbourne, the only daughter of Duke Gideon Ashbourne, was destined to become the duchess.
Her life became a torment under Augustus, Earl of Langley, who became infatuated with her beauty and forced himself on her, crushed her will, and subjected her to unending cruelty (*sigh)all while masking it with sweet wordss.
She accepts him and their sweet love begins (as if).When she accidentally becomes pregnant, he lures her with false promises of marriage and care, and the vulnerable Emmeline(with no choice) , despite herself, begins to love him.
Augustus plots to overthrow the crown prince, who appears only at the story’s end. When his scandal is exposed, he is punished, and the Langley family, blaming Emmeline, takes her child from her. Isolated, humiliated, and consumed by grief, she loses everything, including her love, her child,her ambition,and her future, and ends her life.
The second book will follow their child as he grows, haunted By his parents’ legacy, and seeks revenge against the crown prince, now king.