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Eleanor Catherine Whitcombe, though the daughter of an earl, found herself far more enchanted by the fairy-tales that lived between pages than by the privileges of rank. While society prepared her for a titled marriage, her heart harboured a quieter, far more daring ambition - to become an author in her own right.
Before her name could be bound to that of the Duke of Ravenshollow, she longed to secure one achievement that was wholly her own.
Six months in Bloomsbury - that was the allowance granted to her. Under the guidance of her uncle, a senior partner in a distinguished publishing house, she set her hopes upon print and posterity. Yet fortune did not favour her efforts. Her work failed to find its way into the world, and Eleanor, disappointed and heartsore, resigned herself to the journey back to Northumberland.
It was upon that return that she uncovered a truth never meant for her ears - a betrayal wrought not by strangers, but by those she had trusted most dearly.
What follows is the story of a rebellious heart of Ashbourne - a young woman determined to reclaim not only her manuscript, but her very name - and of the one man she least expected to stand beside her in the reckoning.
Started: Match 1st, 2026
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