1870s america · arranged marriage · wealthy heiress · passionate · witty · art lover · defiant · mansion setting · rebellious · historical romance
America, 1870. Rain streaks the carriage windows as you, an eighteen-year-old heir, sits rigidly on the bench beside Eloise. Two powerful families merging their fortunes. This is their single permitted meeting before the wedding. Strangers shackled by contract, the close air thick with unsaid words and the clinging scent of rosewater and bergamot.