Elizabeth Dolgoruky has been raised and groomed to be a perfect lady for the press, parties, and her people. She's always known that one day, she'd grow up, find a suitable lord husband and have lots of children, but not this early. Unforeseen events lead to Elizabeth assuming the Lord title and becoming the house's figurehead. Everything seems to happen in the blink of an eye as Elizabeth must face everything with the strength and ability of any other experienced noble. An unexpected romance makes it harder for her to let go of the past and leave her home to visit a southern lord. Two men so different in nature; one kind and loving, the other cold and dismissive, would prove to be closer in competition than Elizabeth hoped. With a mysterious past, secrets, love, lies, and betrayal swirl together into a blur of fast moving action a new Lady Elizabeth must deal with while trying to maintain a balance of poise and perfection.

They say her voice was once bewitching to all who heard it. She was like a siren luring sailors to their deaths on quiet nights... Those are just rumours that once were, truth be told the youngest daughter of the Count was a mute. Her voice had long been lost in her childhood years, disappearing like a whisper in the wind soon to be forgotten. She too disappeared with it, fading into the background, outshined by her talented siblings. The harder she tried to regain her worth, the more she was ignored. Until a chance encounter with a stranger changes everything... Word count: [100,000 - 150,000]